Geochemical evidences of sedimentary-exhalative origin of the shale-hosted PGE-Ag-Au-Zn-Cu occurrences of the Prades Mountains (Catalonia, Spain): Trace-element abundances and Sm-Nd isotopes

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 17-33

  Canet, Carles ^a   Alfonso, Pura ^b   Melgarejo, Joan Carles ^b   Belyatsky, Boris V ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Catalonian Coastal Ranges; Exhalites; Geochronology; Rare earth elements; Sedex

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; HYDROTHERMAL COMPONENT;

ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROCKS; SEAWATER; SHALE; TEXTURES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BLACK SHALE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SULFIDE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRADES MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1842785620     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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