Trace metal nanoparticles in pyrite

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-46

  Deditius, Artur P ^a   Utsunomiya, Satoshi ^b   Reich, Martin ^c,d   Kesler, Stephen E ^e   Ewing, Rodney C ^e   Hough, Robert ^f   Walshe, John ^f  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Universidad de Chile Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Ore deposits; Pyrite; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIAGENETICS; DIRECT PRECIPITATION; EPITHERMAL; EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS; EXSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; HAADF-STEM; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL ORE DEPOSIT; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATRIX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NEVADA , USA; POLYCRYSTALLINE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SULFOSALTS; TEM-EDX; TRACE METAL;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ELECTRONS; GOLD; GROUNDWATER; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; SILVER ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

SILVER;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; TRACE METAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80955134107     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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