Geochemical and oxygen isotope signature of sea-floor alteration associated with a polydeformed and highly metamorphosed massive sulfide deposit, Ruostesuo, Central Finland

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-556

  Roberts, Michael D ^a   Oliver, Nicholas H S ^a   Fairclough, Martin C ^a   Hölttä, Pentti S ^b   Lahtinen, Raimo ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE FACIES;

DATA REDUCTION; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SULFUR DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METAMORPHISM; ORE DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

FINLAND;

EID: 0141640786     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.535     Document Type: Article

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