Sulphur isotope geochemistry of black shale-hosted antimony mineralization, Arnsberg, northern Rhenish Massif, Germany: Implications for late-stage fluid flow during the Variscan orogeny

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-308

  Wagner, Thomas ^a,b   Boyce, Adrian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimony deposits; Black shales; Fluid flow; Isotopes; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BLACK SHALE; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MINERALIZATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0037357751     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-010     Document Type: Article

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