Application of chlorite geothermometry to hydrothermal alteration in toyoha geothermal system, southwestern hokkaido, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-70

  Inoue, Atsuyuki ^a   Kurokawa, Kyohei ^a   Hatta, Tamao ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorite geothermometer; Ferric iron content; Hydrothermal alteration; Toyoha epithermal vein type deposit; XPS

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; DETECTION METHOD; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; KAOLIN; ORE MINERAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 77950232136     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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