Direct analysis of pre-precipitating fluids: Combined IR microscopy and LA-ICP-MS study of fluid inclusions in opaque ore minerals

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-373

  Kouzmanov, Kalin ^a,b   Pettke, Thomas ^a,c   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE FLUIDS; CONSTRAINED FLUIDS; CRYSTALLIZING MAGMA; DIRECT ANALYSIS; ENARGITE; EPITHERMAL; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID INCLUSION ASSEMBLAGES; FLUID SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID-VAPOR; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; NEAR-INFRARED MICROSCOPIES; ORE MINERALS; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; ROMANIA; SULFIDATION; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ABLATION; COPPER DEPOSITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INCLUSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE ANALYSIS; ORES; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VAPORS;

FLUIDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; PORPHYRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE;

ROMANIA;

EID: 78149317230     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.2.351     Document Type: Article

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