Genesis of vein stockwork and sedimentary magnesite and hydromagnesite deposits in the ultramafic terranes of southwestern Turkey: A stable isotope study

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-445

  Zedef, Veysel ^a,c   Russell, Michael J ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^a   Hall, Allan J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNESITE; METALLOGENESIS; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; TERRANE; THRUST; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

TURKEY;

EID: 0034032421     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.2.429     Document Type: Article

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