Episodic meteoric water interaction in a granite-hosted hydrothermal gold-silver system: Geochemistry of fluids at the Mugeuk mine, South Korea

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-240

  So, Chil Sup ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a   Youm, Seung Jon ^a   Shelton, Kevin L ^b   Heo, Chul Ho ^a   Choi, Seon Gyu ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid geochemistry; Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal gold silver deposits; Meteoric water interaction; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; METEORIC WATER; SILVER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 20444415709     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.39.227     Document Type: Article

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