Windows of metamorphic sulfur liberation in the crust: Implications for gold deposit genesis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3246-3259

  Tomkins, Andrew G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHLORITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEHYDRATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MASS BALANCE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE BODY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM; PYRITE; SOURCE ROCK; SULFUR; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77952288991     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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