Magmatic-hydrothermal leaching and origin of late to post-tectonic quartz-rich rocks, Adirondack Highlands, New York

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 379-390

  Selleck, Bruce ^a   McLelland, James ^a   Hamilton, Michael A ^b,c  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adirondack; Hydrothermal granite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; LEACHING; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNETITE; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM ALLOYS;

ADIRONDACK; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LOW TEMPERATURES; METASOMATIC ALTERATIONS; ORE FORMING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA;

QUARTZ;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LEACHING; MAGMATISM; METASOMATIC ROCK; METASOMATISM; QUARTZ;

EID: 77954537051     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.379     Document Type: Article

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