Composition and origin of fluids associated with lode gold deposits in a Mesoarchean greenstone belt (Warrawoona Syncline, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia) using synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-503

  Thébaud, Nicolas ^a,b   Philippot, Pascal ^a   Rey, Patrice ^b   Cauzid, Jean ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion composition; Gold deposit; Mesoarchaean; Pilbara; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33748667491     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0116-1     Document Type: Article

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