Tracing end-member fluid sources in sub-surface iron mineralization and dolomitization along a proximal fault to the dead sea transform

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5552-5570

  Erel, Yigal ^a   Listovsky, Nora ^a   Matthews, Alan ^a   Ilani, Shimon ^b   Avni, Yoav ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITIZATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID COMPOSITION; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33750506967     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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