Reactive transport modeling and hydrothermal karst genesis: The example of the Rocabruna barite deposit (Eastern Pyrenees)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-125

  Corbella, M ^a   Ayora, C ^b   Cardellach, E ^a   Soler, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c Dept de Cristallografia Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Barite; Carbonate corrosion; Fluid mixing; Hydrothermal karst; Rocabruna deposit; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CARBONATE ROCK; CORROSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; KARST; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SULFIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 33748154536     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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