Ba and Pb-Zn occurrences in the Chañarcillo Group, Northern Chile: Sr and S isotope constraints

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 265-275

  Lieben, François ^a   Moritz, Robert ^a   Fontboté, Lluís ^a   Fontignie, Denis ^a   Fallick, Antony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barite; Carbonate rock; Fluid mixing; Northern Chile; Pb Zn deposit; S isotopes; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; STRONTIUM; SULPHUR; ZINC;

CHILE, COPIAPO; CHILE, VALLENAR;

EID: 0030481768     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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