Fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies of gold- and silver-bearing vein deposits, South Korea: Geochemistry of a te-bearing Au - Ag mineralization of the Imcheon mine

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-59

  Choi, Sang Hoon ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a   So, Chil Sup ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Au Ag( Te); Fluid inclusions; Geochemistry; Imcheon mine; Korea; Mesohypothermal quartz veins; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041414611     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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