A new view on gold speciation in sulfur-bearing hydrothermal fluids from in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy and quantum-chemical modeling

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5406-5427

  Pokrovski, Gleb S ^a,b,c   Tagirov, Boris R ^d,f   Schott, Jacques ^a,b,c   Hazemann, Jean Louis ^b   Proux, Olivier ^e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE-FORMING FLUID; P-T CONDITIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSPORT PROCESS; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68149161192     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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