A predictive model for the transport of copper by HCl-bearing water vapour in ore-forming magmatic-hydrothermal systems: Implications for copper porphyry ore formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-53

  Migdisov, Art A ^a   Bychkov, A Yu ^b   Williams Jones, A E ^a   van Hinsberg, V J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHALCOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ORE-FORMING FLUID; SOLUBILITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84893343383     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.12.024     Document Type: Article

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