Gravitational fractionation of isotopes and dissolved components as a first-order process in crustal fluids

Economic Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1195-1201

  Bons, Paul D ^a   Gomez Rivas, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FLUID FLOW; CRUSTAL FLUIDS; FIRST-ORDER PROCESS; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL ORE DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES;

MIXING; ORE DEPOSITS;

ISOTOPES;

FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MIXING; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; UNCONFORMITY;

EID: 84878759983     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.108.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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