The relationship between subduction zone redox budget and arc magma fertility

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 401-409

  Evans, K A ^a   Tomkins, A G ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper; Gold; Iron; Porphyry; Redox; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ARC MAGMAS; ARCHEAN; FERRIC IRON; FLUID CHEMISTRY; IRON-BASED; ISOTOPE DATA; MAGMA GENERATION; METAL ENRICHMENT; NON-AQUEOUS FLUIDS; OXIDATION STATE; PORPHYRY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX; REDOX BUFFER; SILICATE MELTS; SUB-ARC; SUB-ARC MANTLE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SULPHATES; TECTONIC STRESS; WEAK COUPLINGS;

BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; IRON; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SILICA; SILICATES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLUBILITY; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; COPPER; GOLD; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 79960562193     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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