Invisible gold in sulfides from seafloor massive sulfide edifices

Geology of Ore Deposits

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-212

  Bortnikov, N S ^a   Cabri, L J ^b   Vikentiev, I V ^a   Tagirov, B R ^a   Mc Mahon, G ^c   Bogdanov, Yu A ^d   Stavrova, O O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c Fibics Incorporated   (Canada)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0042784080     PISSN: 10757015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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