Selective copper diffusion into quartz-hosted vapor inclusions: Evidence from other host minerals, driving forces, and consequences for Cu-Au ore formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-69

  Seo, Jung Hun ^a,b   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DIFFUSION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ION EXCHANGE; MINERAL; PORPHYRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMICS; TOPAZ;

EID: 84876737428     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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