Mapping advanced argillic alteration at Cuprite, Nevada, using imaging spectroscopy

Economic Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1179-1221

  Swayze, Gregg A ^a   Clark, Roger N ^a   Goetz, Alexander F H ^b   Livo, K Eric ^a   Breit, George N ^a   Kruse, Fred A ^c   Sutley, Stephen J ^a   Snee, Lawrence W ^a   Lowers, Heather A ^a   Post, James L ^d   Stoffregen, Roger E ^e   Ashley, Roger P ^f  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AWK Consulting Engineers ^*  (United States)

^e AWK Consulting Engineers Inc   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; FUNGI; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; MICA; QUARTZ; SODIUM; SPECTROMETERS;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; AIRBORNE VISIBLE/INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA; SURFACE MINERALOGY; VOLCANIC COMPLEX;

KAOLINITE;

MICAS;

EID: 84904411016     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: 15540774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.109.5.1179     Document Type: Article

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