The role of evaporites in the genesis of base metal sulphide mineralisation in the Northern Platform of the Pan-African Damara Belt, Namibia: Geochemical and fluid inclusion evidence from carbonate wall rock alteration

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 364-376

  Chetty, D ^a,b   Frimmel, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; EVAPORITE; FLUID INCLUSION; MINERALIZATION; SULFIDE;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0034176813     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050247     Document Type: Article

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