The fluorine link between a supergiant ore deposit and a silicic large igneous province

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1003-1006

  McPhie, Jocelyn ^a   Kamenetsky, Vadim ^a   Allen, Sharon ^a   Ehrig, Kathy ^b   Agangi, Andrea ^a   Bath, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FE OXIDE; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL ORE DEPOSIT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MELT INCLUSIONS; OLYMPICS; ORE-FORMING FLUID; QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS; SILICIC MAGMAS;

FLUORINE; GRANITE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; ORE DEPOSITS; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BRECCIA; DISSOLUTION; FLUORINE; GRANITE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA; MELT INCLUSION; ORE DEPOSIT; PERMEABILITY; PHENOCRYST; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; OLYMPIC DAM; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84857490265     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32205.1     Document Type: Article

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