The filon norte orebody (Tharsis, Iberian Pyrite Belt): A proximal low-temperature shale-hosted massive sulphide in a thin-skinned tectonic belt

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 150-169

  Tornos, F ^a   Gonzalez Clavijo E ^a,c   Spiro, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASSIVE SULPHIDE; PYRITE; SHALE; TECTONIC SETTING; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

SPAIN, IBERIAN PYRITE BELT;

EID: 0031946613     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050138     Document Type: Article

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