Sulfur isotope geochemistry of southern Appalachian Mississippi valley-type deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 355-367

  Jones, Henry D ^a   Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Furman, Francis G ^b   Richard Kyle, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSIT; ORE MINERAL; SULPHATE; SULPHIDE; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

CANADA, APPALACHIANS; USA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030499543     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.2.355     Document Type: Article

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