The influence of faulting on host-rock permeability, fluid flow and ore genesis of gold deposits: A theoretical 2D numerical model

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 78-79, Issue , 2003, Pages 279-284

  Zhang, Y ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^a   Ord, A ^a   Barnicoat, A ^c   Zhao, C ^a,b   Walshe, J L ^a   Lin, Ge ^b  

^a Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled deformation fluid flow chemical reaction modelling; Faulting; Fluid flow; Mineral precipitation

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ORES; ROCKS;

COUPLED DEFORMATION FLUID FLOW CHEMICAL REACTION MODELING; FAULTING; MINERAL PRECIPITATION;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL REACTION; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; GOLD; HOST ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 14744300693     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00075-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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