Geological and geochemical characteristics of the hydrothermal clay alteration in South Korea

Resource Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 229-242

  Koh, Sang Mo ^a   Takagi, Tetsuichi ^a,b   Kim, Moon Young ^a   Naito, Kazuki ^a,b   Hong, Sei Sun ^a   Sudo, Sadahisa ^a,b  

^a Mineral Utiliz and Mat Devmt Div   (South Korea)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic solution; Clay deposits; Continental margin; Cretaceous magmatism; Hydrothermal activities; Neutral solution; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONTACT ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS ROCK; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; PYROPHYLLITE; VOLCANIC ARC;

KYONGSANG BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0042470664     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2000.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

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