Evolution of sulfide mineralization in ferrocarbonatite, swartbooisdrif, northwestern Namibia: Constraints from mineral compositions and sulfur isotopes

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 877-894

  Drüppel, Kirsten ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b   Boyce, Adrian J ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fenite; Ferrocarbonatite; Fletcherite; Fluid evolution; Kunene Intrusive Complex; Namibia; Phase equilibria; Sulfide mineralization; Sulfur isotopes; Swartbooisdrif; Thiospinel

Indexed keywords

FERROCARBONATITE; LASER-MICROPROBE TECHNIQUE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

MINERALOGY;

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FENITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748455041     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.4.877     Document Type: Article

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