Chemical speciation of Ag in galena by EPR spectroscopy

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1345-1350

  Costagliola, Pilario ^a   Di Benedetto, Francesco ^a   Benvenuti, Marco ^a   Bernardini, Gian Piero ^a   Cipriani, Curzio ^a   Lattanzi, Pierfranco F ^b   Romanelli, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; METALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM;

CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL FLUCTUATIONS; COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MINERALIZING FLUIDS; PARAMAGNETIC SPECIES;

SILVER METALLOGRAPHY;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GALENA; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIOUS METAL; SILVER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

APUANE ALPS; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 0141785400     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-8-918     Document Type: Article

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