Fluid inclusion study of metamorphic gold-quartz veins in northwestern Nevada, U.S.A.: Characteristics of technically induced fluid

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-115

  Cheong, Sangwon ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluid chemistry; Fluid inclusion; Gold quartz vein; Northwestern Nevada; Tectonostratigraphic terrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249100141     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03028281     Document Type: Article

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