Sulphide minerals in Early Archean chemical sedimentary rocks of the eastern Pilbara district, Western Australia

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 219-235

  Kojima, S ^a   Hanamuro, T ^b,d   Hayashi, K ^b   Haruna, M ^c,e   Ohmoto, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PARAGENESIS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 1542710662     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01226570     Document Type: Article

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