Sinter-vein correlations at Buckskin Mountain, National district, Humboldt County, Nevada

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-224

  Vikre, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

FLUID INCLUSION MICROTHERMOMETRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; STRATIFICATION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RECHARGE; SILICIFICATION; SINTER; SUBSIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEIN (GEOLOGY); VOLCANISM;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; BUCKSKIN MOUNTAIN; GREAT BASIN; HUMBOLDT COUNTY [NEVADA]; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547797889     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.2.193     Document Type: Article

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