Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic composition of clay minerals of the Bahloul formation in the region of the Bou Grine zinc-lead ore deposit (Tunisia): Evidence for fluid-rock interaction in the vicinity of salt dome cap rock

Chemical Geology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 191-207

  Bechtel, A ^a   Savin, S M ^b   Hoernes, S ^a  

^a Mineralogisch Petrologisches Inst   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Formation water; Hydrogen isotopes; Kaolinite; Mineralization; Oxygen isotopes; Salt domes

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; FORMATION WATER; HYDROGEN; ORE DEPOSIT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO;

TUNISIA;

EID: 0033034677     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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