Anomalously metal-rich fluids form hydrothermal ore deposits

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5915, 2009, Pages 764-767

  Wilkinson, Jamie J ^a,b,d   Stoffell, Barry ^a,e   Wilkinson, Clara C ^a,b,d   Jeffries, Teresa E ^b   Appold, Martin S ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LEAD; METAL; ORE METAL; SILICATE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ABLATION; ANOMALY; FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; SULFIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

EID: 59749106790     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164436     Document Type: Article

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