An in situ XAS study of copper(I) transport as hydrosulfide complexes in hydrothermal solutions (25-592°C, 180-600bar): Speciation and solubility in vapor and liquid phases

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4723-4739

  Etschmann, B E ^a,b,c   Liu, W ^b   Testemale, D ^d,e   Muller H ^e   Rae, N A ^f   Proux, O ^g   Hazemann, J L ^d,e   Brugger, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LIGAND; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77954543281     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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