Sulfosalt melts and heavy metal (As-Sb-Bi-Sn-Pb-Tl) fractionation during volcanic gas expansion: The El Indio (Chile) paleo-fumarole

Geofluids

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-215

  Henley, R W ^a   Mavrogenes, J ^a   Tanner, D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimony; Arsenic; Bismuth; El Indio; Enargite; Fumarole; Gold; High sulfidation; Magmatic vapor; Solfatara

Indexed keywords

FUMAROLE; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMATISM; SULFOSALT GROUP; VOLCANIC GAS;

CHILE;

EID: 84865307800     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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