Thermodynamic modelling of a cooling C-O-H fluid-graphite system: Implications for hydrothermal graphite precipitation

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Huizenga, Jan Marten ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C O H fluid; Graphite precipitation; Hydrothermal graphite deposits; Thermodynamic modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COOLING; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GRAPHITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79251644196     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0310-y     Document Type: Article

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