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Gold sulfoarsenide complexes in ore-forming hydrothermal solutions (thermodynamic modeling)

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  1. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Favorskogo 1a, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    N. V. Vilor

  2. Research Geotechnological Center, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severo-Vostochnoe sh. 30, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, 683002, Russia

    L. A. Kazmin

  3. N.A. Shilo North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Portovaya 16, Magadan, 685000, Russia

    N. A. Goryachev

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Vilor, L.A. Kazmin, N.A. Goryachev, 2014, published in Geokhimiya, 2014, No. 10, pp. 936–945.

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Vilor, N.V., Kazmin, L.A. & Goryachev, N.A. Gold sulfoarsenide complexes in ore-forming hydrothermal solutions (thermodynamic modeling). Geochem. Int. 52, 882–890 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702914100103

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