Amphibole geochemistry of the yanacocha volcanics, peru: Evidence for diverse sources of magmati Cvolatiles related to gold ores

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1017-1046

  Chambefort, Isabelle ^a   Dilles, John H ^a   Longo, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Assimilation; Gold ores; Hydrogen isotopes; Mixing; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GRANITE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMA; MIOCENE; MIXING; ORE DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84877051428     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egt004     Document Type: Article

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