Carbon and oxygen isotope halo in carbonates related to the McArthur river (HYC) Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, North Australia: Implications for sedimentation, ore genesis, and mineral exploration

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1567-1593

  Large, Ross R ^a   Bull, Stuart W ^a   Winefield, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENTARY DOLOMITE;

CARBON; CARBONATES; FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SILT; ZINC;

GEOLOGY;

AUREOLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE RAMP; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEDIMENTATION; SILVER; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; ZINC;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035726779     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.7.1567     Document Type: Article

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