Microthermometric characteristics of fluids associated with granite and greisen quartz, and vein quartz and beryl from the Rosses Granite Complex, Donegal, NW Ireland

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 73-77

  Conliffe, J ^a   Feely, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beryl; Fluid inclusions; Granite; Ireland

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS INCLUSIONS; BERYL MINERALISATION; FLUID INCLUSIONS; GREISEN QUARTZ; IRELAND; LATE-MAGMATIC FLUIDS; MICROTHERMOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; VEIN QUARTZ;

BERYLLIUM MINERALS; GRANITE; MOLTEN MATERIALS; QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BERYL; FLUID INCLUSION; GRANITE; GREISEN; QUARTZ VEIN;

COUNTY DONEGAL; DONEGAL [COUNTY DONEGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ULSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645924065     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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