Release of gold-bearing fluids in convergence margin magmas prompted by magnetide crystallization

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7011, 2004, Pages 975-978

  Sun, Weldong ^a,b   Arculus, Richard J ^b   Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^a,c   Binns, Raymond A ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD-BEARING FLUIDS; MINERALIZATION;

COMPLEXATION; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING; OXYGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; GOLD; IRON; MAGNETITE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TITANIUM;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; GOLD; MAGMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGMA; MELTING POINT; MIGRATION; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

SIO;

EID: 7244228082     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02972     Document Type: Article

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