Barite-pyrite mineralization of the Wiesbaden thermal spring system, Germany: A 500-kyr record of geochemical evolution

Geofluids

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 124-139

  Wagner, Thomas ^a,b   Kirnbauer, T ^c   Boyce, A J ^d   Fallick, A E ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Sciences Bochum   (Germany)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Mineralization; Precipitation processes; Sulphur isotopes; Thermal springs; Wiesbaden

Indexed keywords

BARITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PYRITE; THERMAL SPRING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; WIESBADEN; WORLD;

EID: 18344391632     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2005.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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