Oxygen isotope and chemical studies on the origin of large plagiogranite bodies in northern Oman, and their relationship to the overlying massive sulphide deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 315-351

  Stakes, Debra S ^a   Taylor Jr , Hugh P ^b  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASOMATISM; OPHIOLITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLAGIOGRANITE; SEAWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 2942540995     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.17     Document Type: Article

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