Hydrous sulfide melting: Experimental evidence for the solubility of H 2O in sulfide melts

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-164

  Wykes, Jeremy L ^a,b   Mavrogenes, John A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATIC SULFIDE ORES; MELTING TEMPERATURES; VESCILES;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MELTING; ORES; OXIDATION; QUENCHING; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDE; WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

EID: 17944365311     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/100.1.0157     Document Type: Article

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