Quartz precipitation and fluid inclusion characteristics in sub-seafloor hydrothermal systems associated with volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-286

  Steele MacInnis, Matthew ^a   Han, Liang ^a   Lowell, Obert P ^a   Rimstidt, J Donald ^a   Bodnar, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Quartz veins; Seafloor hydrothermal systems; Silica; Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864884701     PISSN: 20819900     EISSN: 18961517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13533-011-0053-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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