Arsenic speciation in fluid inclusions using micro-beam X-ray absorption spectroscopy

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 921-932

  James Smith, Julianne ^a,d   Cauzid, Jean ^b,c   Testemale, Denis ^d   Liu, Weihua ^e   Hazemann, Jean Louis ^d   Proux, Olivier ^f   Etschmann, Barbara ^a   Philippppot, Pascal ^g   Banks, David ^j   Williams, Patrick ^h   Brugger, Joël ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; Fluid inclusion; Hydrothermal gold deposits; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ARSENATE MINERALS; AUTOCLAVES; BOND LENGTH; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; GRANITE; MINERALOGY; PHOTONS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTRUM; FLUID INCLUSION; PHOTON FLUX DENSITIES; PRODUCTS OF WATER RADIOLYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PHOTOOXIDATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77957193591     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3411     Document Type: Article

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