Fluids and hydrothermal alteration assemblages in a Devonian gold-bearing hot-spring system, Rhynie, Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-324

  Baron, M ^a   Hillier, S ^b   Rice, C M ^a   Czapnik, K ^a   Parnell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithermal gold mineralisation; Fluid inclusions; Hot springs; Siliceous sinters; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION;

ABERDEENSHIRE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHYNIE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 11944275316     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000717     Document Type: Article

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