Gold solubility in oxidized and reduced, water-saturated mafic melt

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1718-1732

  Bell, Aaron S ^a   Simon, Adam ^a   Guillong, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FUGACITY; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 79952443263     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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