Fluid mixing in hydrothermal systems

热液系统中的流体混合。流体在渗透性岩石中的混合会对流体和岩石造成重大的化学变化，例如，它会导致金属被溶解和运输。由于难以探测到古老的流体路径，这种富集机制尚不确定。我们将使用新的微量分析和其他组合技术分析这些古老的流体，从而测试流体混合作为有效金属沉淀机制的作用。该研究对矿床的勘探和建模以及其他地质流体的表征具有重要意义，并为流体包裹体微观分析的技术突破提供了契机。

Fluid mixing in hydrothermal systems. Mixing of fluids within permeable rocks can cause significant chemical changes to the fluids and the rocks, for example it causes metals to be dissolved and transported. Accumulation into mineral deposits requires concentration mechanisms which are uncertain due to difficulty of detecting ancient fluid pathways. We will analyse these ancient fluids using new microanalytical and other combined techniques, thereby testing the role of fluid mixing as a mechanism for efficient metal precipitation. The research has significance for exploration and models for mineral deposits, and for characterising other geological fluids, and provides opportunity for technical breakthroughs in microanalysis of fluid inclusions.