Stable isotope evidence for magmatic fluid input during large-scale Na-Ca alteration in the Cloncurry Fe oxide Cu-Au district, NW Queensland, Australia

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 54-61

  Mark, Geordie ^a,b   Foster, Damien R W ^a   Pollard, Peter J ^a   Williams, Patrick J ^a   Tolman, Justin ^a   Darvall, Michael ^a   Blake, Kevin L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; SODIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLONCURRY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 1942530767     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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