Inferring origin of mercury inclusions in quartz by multifractal analysis

Shibata, T.; Maruoka, T.; Echigo, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-47-2015

Articles | Volume 22, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-47-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-47-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 1

Research article

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23 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 23 Jan 2015

Inferring origin of mercury inclusions in quartz by multifractal analysis

T. Shibata, T. Maruoka, and T. Echigo

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RC C424: 'Referee Comment', Robert Ewing, 29 Aug 2014
- AC C543: 'Reply to R. P. Ewing', Tomo Shibata, 03 Oct 2014
RC C638: 'Reviewer comment', Sujata Tarafdar, 25 Nov 2014

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AR by Tomo Shibata on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2014) Author's response Manuscript

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AR by Tomo Shibata on behalf of the Authors (25 Dec 2014)

Short summary

In order to refine our understanding of how fluid inclusions were trapped in the host minerals, we observed mercury inclusions in quartz samples using X-ray computed tomography technique. We obtained three-dimensional spatial distributions, and analyzed them using fractal and multifractal methods. Given the fractal dimension and its implied mechanism, the mercury-bearing fluids were not primary fluid inclusions, but migrated into the pre-existing cracks of quartz crystals by diffusion processes.