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Fluid inclusions in rocks of the Kuvalrog and Shanuch plutons, located in Kamchatka and belonging to the Ni-bearing norite-cortlandite association, have been studied. Microthermometry (heating and freezing) and Raman spectroscopy indicate differing composition of fluid inclusions from these plutons. High-density CO2 inclusions are characteristic of Kuvalrog, whereas N2-CH4-CO2 and aqueous inclusions dominate in Shanuch. The presence of methane in the fluid of the Shanuch pluton is an indicator of its resource potential in respect to high-grade sulfide mineralization.
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Original Russian Text © E.G. Konnikov, O.N. Vasyukova, 2007, published in Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii, 2007, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 256–267.
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Konnikov, E.G., Vasyukova, O.N. Composition of fluid inclusions from intrusive rocks of the norite-cortlandite complex, Kamchatka. Geol. Ore Deposits 49, 227–237 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701507030063
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