Porphyry copper deposit formation by sub-volcanic sulphur dioxide flux and chemisorption

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 210-215

  Henley, Richard W ^a   King, Penelope L ^a   Wykes, Jeremy L ^a   Renggli, Christian J ^a   Brink, Frank J ^a   Clark, David A ^a   Troitzsch, Ulrike ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; DEGASSING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MAGMATISM; PORPHYRY; SORPTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84923910891     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2367     Document Type: Article

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