Mercury isotope fractionation in fossil hydrothermal systems

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 825-828

  Smith, Christopher N ^a   Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Klaue, Björn ^a,b   Blum, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithermal; Hg isotopes; Isotope geochemistry; Mercury; Sinter

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL; FOSSIL HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY;

FRACTIONATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL);

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SINTER;

EID: 26844569721     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21863.1     Document Type: Article

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