Precambrian Mississippi valley-type deposits: Relation to changes in composition of the hydrosphere and atmosphere

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 198, Issue , 2006, Pages 185-204

  Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Reich, Martin H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Basin; Brine; Mississippi valley type deposit; MVT; Pb Zn

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BRINES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROSPHERE; LANDFORMS; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; METALS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZINC ALLOYS;

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; BASIN; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; DEPOSITION OF METALS; GREAT OXIDATION EVENT; MISSISSIPPI; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

DEPOSITS;

ATMOSPHERE; BRINE; CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; FLUID INCLUSION; HEAT FLOW; HYDROSPHERE; LEACHATE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE DEPOSIT; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; SULFATE; SULFIDE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; MCARTHUR RIVER; MISSISSIPPI; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSVAAL; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 33846841675     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.1198(11)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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