Precious metals in barite-silica chimneys from Franklin Seamount, Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea

Marine Geology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 119-141

  Binns, R A ^a   Parr, J M ^a   Gemmell, J B ^b   Whitford, D J ^a   Dean, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barite; Gold; Papua New Guinea; Seafloor hydrothermal deposits; Silver

Indexed keywords

BARITE; HYDROTHERMAL CHIMNEY; PRECIOUS METAL; SILICA; SULPHIDE;

PACIFIC, WOODLARK BASIN, FRANKLIN SEAMOUNT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0031465860     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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