New mineral occurrences and mineralization processes: Wuda coal-fire gas vents of Inner Mongolia

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1729-1739

  Stracher, Glenn B ^a   Prakash, Anupma ^b   Schroeder, Paul ^c   McCormack, John ^d   Zhang, Xiangmin ^e   Van Dijk, Paul ^e   Blake, Donald ^f  

^a EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DEHYDRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FIRES; GASES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; ROCKS; SULFATE MINERALS; VENTS;

DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE; EXCHANGE REACTION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION PROCESS;

COAL INDUSTRY;

COAL; FIRE; MINERALIZATION; NATURAL ANALOG; SULFATE GROUP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 30644462174     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1671     Document Type: Article

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