Chemical, isotopic, and fluid inclusion evidence for the hydrothermal alteration of the footwall rocks of the BIF-hosted iron ore deposits in the Hamersley District, Western Australia

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-88

  Haruna, Makoto ^a   Hanamuro, Takahiro ^b   Uyeda, Kaoru ^b   Fujimaki, Hirokazu ^b   Ohmoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations (BIFs); Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal alteration; Mount McRae shale; Newman; Oxygen isotopes; Paraburdoo; Pyrite modules; Rb Sr age; Tom price; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; FOOTWALL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0242338513     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00160.x     Document Type: Article

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