An experimental study on felsic rock-artificial seawater interaction: Implications for hydrothermal alteration and sulfate formation in the Kuroko mining area of Japan

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 813-821

  Ogawa, Yasumasa ^a   Shikazono, Naotatsu ^a   Ishiyama, Daizo ^b   Sato, Hinako ^b   Mizuta, Toshio ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Felsic rocks; Hydrothermal alteration; Kuroko deposits; Smectite; Sulfate minerals

Indexed keywords

FELSIC ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT; SMECTITE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 15344347166     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0454-8     Document Type: Article

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