Caldera-forming processes and the origin of submarine volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-378

  Stix, John ^a   Kennedy, Ben ^a   Hannington, Mark ^b   Gibson, Harold ^c   Fiske, Richard ^d   Mueller, Wulf ^e   Franklin, James ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calderas; Fluids; Subsidence; Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LEACHING; SEAWATER; SULFIDE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE (VMS);

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CALDERA; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; MASSIVE SULFIDE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 0038641728     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0375:CFPATO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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