Ore-forming fluids in the Grübler orebody, Idrija mercury deposit, Slovenia

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 173-188

  Palinkaš, Ladislav ^a   Strmić, Sabina ^a   Spangenberg, Jorge ^b   Prochaska, Walter ^c   Herlec, Uroš ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dinarides; Fluid inclusions; Idrija mercury deposit; S isotopes; Triassic rifting

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORE DEPOSIT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22944478655     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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