Marble-hosted ruby deposits from Central and Southeast Asia: Towards a new genetic model

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-191

  Garnier, Virginie ^a   Giuliani, Gaston ^a,b   Ohnenstetter, Daniel ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^c   Dubessy, Jean ^a   Banks, David ^d   Vinh, Hoàng Quang ^e   Lhomme, Thérèse ^a   Maluski, Henri ^f   Pêcher, Arnaud ^g   Bakhsh, Kausar Allah ^h   Long, Pham Van ⁱ   Trinh, Phan Trong ^e   Schwarz, Dietmar ^j  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^f UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^h Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

ⁱ Vietnam National Gem and Gold Corporation   (Viet Nam)

^j Gübelin Gemmological Laboratory   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Asia; Evaporite; Genetic model; Geochemistry; Marble; Metamorphism; Ruby; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 74649084856     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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