A sulfur, carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotope study of the volcanic-hosted El Soldado manto-type copper deposit, Chile the essential role of bacteria and petroleum

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-174

  Wilson, Nicholas S F ^a   Zentilli, Marcos ^a   Spiro, Baruch ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS;

BACTERIA; CARBONACEOUS SHALE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFUR; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

COPPER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT;

CHILE;

EID: 0037548200     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.163     Document Type: Article

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