Cu isotope fractionation during bornite dissolution: An in situ X-ray diffraction analysis

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-70

  Wall, Andrew J ^a   Mathur, Ryan ^b   Post, Jeffrey E ^c   Heaney, Peter J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bornite; Copper isotope fractionation; Synchrotron XRD

Indexed keywords

BORNITE; DISSOLUTION REACTIONS; FERRIC SULFATE; IN-SITU; INITIAL STAGES; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINERAL PHASIS; ORE MINERALS; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION; REACTION PROGRESS; TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY DIFFRACTION; UNIT-CELL VOLUME; XRD ANALYSIS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFRACTION; DISTILLATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; ORE ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DISSOLUTION;

BORNITE; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORE DEPOSIT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80955137727     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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