Hydrothermal quartz vein formation, revealed by coupled SEM-CL imaging and fluid inclusion microthermometry: Shuteen Complex, South Gobi, Mongolia

Resource Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Batkhishig, Bayaraa ^a   Bignall, Greg ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Noriyoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; Fluid inclusions; Fossil hydrothermal system; Hydrothermal quartz vein; Mongolia; SEM CL imaging; Shuteen Complex

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN;

MONGOLIA; SOUTH GOBI;

EID: 17644396004     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2005.tb00223.x     Document Type: Article

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