The timing and isotopic character of regional hydrothermal alteration and associated epigenetic mineralization in the western sector of the Kaapvaal Craton (South Africa)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-476

  Duane, Michael J ^a   Kruger, F Johan ^b   Turner, Audrey M ^c   Whitelaw, Hannah T ^d   Coetzee, Henk ^b,e   Verhagen, Balt T ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^e Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Fluids; Isotopes; Ores; Proterozoic; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 17644414974     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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