A physical model for metal extraction and transport in shallow magmatic systems

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Huber, Christian ^a   Bachmann, Olivier ^b   Vigneresse, Jean Louis ^c   Dufek, Josef ^a   Parmigiani, Andrea ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

economic geology; fluid exsolution; magma reservoir; metals enrichment; porphyry copper depositsxll

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CONNECTED CHANNELS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFUSION RATE; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EARTH'S CRUST; EXSOLUTION; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA BODIES; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MAGMATIC VOLATILES; METAL ENRICHMENT; METAL EXTRACTIONS; METAL MASS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; ORE FORMATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PORPHYRY-COPPER DEPOSITSXLL; VOLATILE CONTENTS; VOLATILE EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

EXTRACTION;

COPPER; CRYSTALLINITY; ENRICHMENT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTITIONING; PORPHYRY; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 84865334144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004042     Document Type: Article

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