Metal dispersion and mobility in soils from the Lik Zn-Pb-Ag massive sulphide deposit, NW Alaska: Environmental and exploration implications

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-195

  Kelley, Karen D ^a   Kelley, David L ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WMC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Massive sulphide; Metal mobility; Permafrost; Soils

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CORE DRILLING; DEPOSITS; IRON OXIDES; LASER ABLATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYRITES; RARE EARTHS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DEPOSITS; TERNARY ALLOYS; WEATHERING; ZINC SULFIDE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; DEGREE OF OXIDATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; MASSIVE SULPHIDE; METAL MOBILITY; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DISPERSION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LEAD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MOBILITY; ORE DEPOSIT; PERMAFROST; SILVER; SOIL; ZINC;

ALASKA; LIK DEPOSIT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038685218     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/03002     Document Type: Article

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