Petrological and geochemical significance of a devonian replacement zone in the cambrian rosebery massive sulfide deposit, western Tasmania

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1325-1349

  Zaw, Khin ^a   Large, Ross R ^a   Huston, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biotite; Chlorite; Devonian replacement; Garnet; Helvite; Mineral chemistry; Rosebery deposit; Tasmania; Tourmaline; Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; MASSIVE SULPHIDE; METASOMATISM; REPLACEMENT;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EID: 0031400249     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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