Epithermal gold veins in a caldera setting: Banská Hodruša, Slovakia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 921-943

  Koděra, Peter ^a   Lexa, Jaroslav ^a   Rankin, Andrew Hugh ^b   Fallick, Anthony Edward ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caldera; Fluid inclusions; Gold; Hydrothermal; tiavnica stratovolcano; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; STRATOVOLCANO; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 15444369166     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0449-5     Document Type: Article

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