Physical-chemical properties and metal budget of Au-transporting hydrothermal fluids in orogenic deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-102

  Garofalo, Paolo S ^a   Fricker, Mattias B ^b   Günther, Detlef ^b   Bersani, Danilo ^c   Lottici, Pier Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 84918583524     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP402.8     Document Type: Article

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