Metamorphic ore remobilization in the Hällefors district, Bergslagen, Sweden: Constraints from mineralogical and small-scale sulphur isotope studies

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-114

  Wagner, Thomas ^a   Jonsson, Erik ^b   Boyce, Adrian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bergslagen province; H llefors district; Inheritance; Laser microprobe; Massive sulphides; Phase equilibria; Remobilization; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ORE DEPOSIT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 22444434249     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0463-2     Document Type: Article

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