Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Calcite and Rhodochrosite from Geothermal Exploratory Drills TH-4 and TH-6 near the Toyoha Deposit, Hokkaido, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-173

  Nitta, Miyuki ^a   Inoue, Atsuyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcite; Carbon and oxygen isotope composition of carbonates; Mixing; Rhodochrosite; Toyoha

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; DISEQUILIBRIUM; DRILLING; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METEORIC WATER; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MIXING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RHODOCHROSITE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 79953021978     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2011.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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