Fluid chemistry of the Palaeoproterozoic Fäboliden hypozonal orogenic gold deposit, northern Sweden: Evidence from fluid inclusions

GFF

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-210

  Bark, Glenn ^a   Broman, Curt ^b   Weihed, Pär ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphibolite facies; CH4; CO2; Fluid inclusion; F boliden; Gold line; H2S; Hypozonal; Metagreywacke; Orogenic gold; Quartz vein; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METAGREYWACKE; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OROGENY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 35848940683     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890701293197     Document Type: Article

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