Early Archaean hydrothermal fluids; a study of inclusions from the ∼ 3.4 Ga Buck Ridge Chert, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Chemical Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 289-302

  de Vries, Sjoukje T ^a   Touret, Jacques L R ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barberton Greenstone Belt; Buck Ridge volcano sedimentary complex; Fluid inclusions; Hooggenoeg Formation; Hydrothermal system; Onverwacht Group

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZ;

AFRICA; BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846813498     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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