The effect of crystal-melt partitioning on the budgets of Cu, Au, and Ag

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1437-1448

  Simon, Adam C ^a   Candela, Philip A ^b   Piccoli, Philip M ^b   Mengason, Michael ^b   Englander, Leah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Ardsley Union Free School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal fractionation; Differentiation; Element partitioning; Magma evolution; Metal budgets

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); IRON ORES; MAGNETITE;

CALCULATED PARTITION COEFFICIENTS; CALCULATED VALUES; CO-CRYSTALLIZATIONS; CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; ELEMENT PARTITIONING; MAGMA EVOLUTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

BUDGET CONTROL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GOLD; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MODELING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SILVER; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 50949092649     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2812     Document Type: Article

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