Fluid evolution in zoned Cordilleran polymetallic veins - Insights from microthermometry and LA-ICP-MS of fluid inclusions

Chemical Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 293-304

  Catchpole, Honza ^a   Kouzmanov, Kalin ^a   Fontboté, Lluís ^a   Guillong, Marcel ^b   Heinrich, Christoph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cordilleran; Fluid evolution; Fluid inclusions; LA ICP MS; Metal zonation; Polymetallic vein

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERAN; FLUID EVOLUTION; FLUID INCLUSIONS; LA-ICP-MS; POLYMETALLIC;

ABLATION; COPPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; EROSION; INCLUSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METALS; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

FLUIDS;

BASE METAL; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN; SALINITY;

PERU;

EID: 79551576277     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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