Middle Cambrian Brine seeps on the Kicking Horse Rim and their relationship to talc and magnesite mineralization and associated dolomitization, British Columbia, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 431-451

  Powell, Wayne G ^a,b   Johnston, Paul A ^c,d   Collom, Christopher J ^e   Johnston, Kimberley J ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESITE; ROCKS; TALC;

BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; DOLOMITIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MINERALIZATION;

MINERALOGY;

BRINE; CAMBRIAN; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MAGNESITE; MINERALIZATION; TALC;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33749395498     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.2.431     Document Type: Article

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