REE in skarn systems: A LA-ICP-MS study of garnets from the Crown Jewel gold deposit

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-205

  Gaspar, Miguel ^a   Knaack, Charles ^b   Meinert, Lawrence D ^c   Moretti, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID COMPOSITION; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METASOMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SKARN;

EID: 36849002396     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.09.033     Document Type: Article

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