Composition of groundwaters associated with porphyry-Cu deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile: Elemental and isotopic constraints on water sources and water-rock reactions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1616-1635

  Leybourne, Matthew I ^a   Cameron, Eion M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Eion Cameron Geochemical Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GROUNDWATER; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644987787     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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