Origin of magnetite veins in serpentinite from the Late Proterozoic Bou-Azzer ophiolite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco: An implication for mobility of iron during serpentinization

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 318-330

  Gahlan, Hisham A ^a   Arai, Shoji ^a   Ahmed, Ahmed H ^b   Ishida, Yoshito ^a   Abdel Aziz, Yaser M ^c   Rahimi, Abdellatif ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bou Azzer; Magnetite; Ophiolite; Proterozoic; Serpentinite

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGNETITE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SERPENTINITE; TRACE ELEMENT; VEIN (GEOLOGY); WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33750377658     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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