| Abstract: | Isotopic studies of fluid inclusions from meteoric water-dominated epithermal ore deposits offer a unique opportunity to study paleoclimates because the fluids can provide direct samples of ancient waters. Fluorite-hosted fluid inclusions from the Eocene (51-50 Ma) epithermal deposits of the Bayhorse mining district, have low salinities and low to moderate homogenization temperatures indicating meteoric origins for the fluids. Oxygen and hydrogen isotope data on inclusion fluids are almost identical to those of modern meteoric waters in the area. The equivalence of the isotope composition of the Eocene inclusion fluids and modern meteoric waters indicates that the Eocene climatic conditions were similar to those today. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Seal, II, R. R.; Rye, R. O. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Stable isotope study of fluid inclusions in fluorite from Idaho: implications for continental climates during the Eocene; 1993; Article; Journal; Geology; Seal, II, R. R.; Rye, R. O. |
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| Citation Volume: | 21 |
| Citation Year: | 1993 |
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| Text: | Stable isotope study of fluid inclusions in fluorite from Idaho: implications for continental climates during the Eocene; 1993; Article; Journal; Geology; Seal, II, R. R.; Rye, R. O. |
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| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:00 -0600 |
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