Vein and karst barite deposits in the western Jebilet of Morocco: Fluid inclusion and isotope (S, O, Sr) evidence for regional fluid mixing related to Central Atlantic rifting

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 587-605

  Valenza, Katia ^a   Moritz, Robert ^a   Mouttaqi, Abdellah ^b   Fontignie, Denis ^a   Sharp, Zachary ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Bur Rech Participations Minieres   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RIFTING;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0033922225     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.3.587     Document Type: Article

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