Hydrothermal precipitates associated with bimodal volcanism in the Central Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 358-379

  Petersen, Sven ^a   Herzig, Peter M ^a   Schwarz Schampera, Ulrich ^b   Hannington, Mark D ^c   Jonasson, Ian R ^c  

^a Leibniz Lab Appl Mar Research   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bransfield strait; Hydrothermal precipitates; Intracontinental rift; Massive sulfides

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT;

EID: 2942580727     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0414-3     Document Type: Article

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