Sulfur isotope evidence for magmatic contributions to submarine and subaerial mineralization: Conical seamount and the Ladolam gold deposit, Papua New Guinea

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1711-1725

  Gemmell, J Bruce ^a   Sharpe, Robina ^a   Jonasson, Ian R ^b   Herzig, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZING MAGMA; GOLD MINERALIZATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MAGMATIC VOLATILES;

GOLD DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEAWATER; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

SULFUR;

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SEAMOUNT; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 16444368144     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.8.1711     Document Type: Article

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