Genesis and controls of hydrothermal dolomitization in sandstones of the Appalachian thrust belt, Québec, Canada: Implications for associated galena-barite mineralization

Chemical Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 257-279

  Schrijver, Kees ^a   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^b   Bertrand, Rudolf ^a   Chagnon, André ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; DOLOMITIZATION; GALENA; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

CANADA, QUEBEC, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030455423     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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