Hydrocarbon biomarkers in the Topla-Mežica zinc-lead deposits, northern Karavanke/Drau Range, Slovenia: Paleoenvironment at the site of ore formation

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 997-1021

  Spangenberg, Jorge E ^a   Herlec, Ursoš ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; LEAD DEPOSITS; MIXING; ZINC DEPOSITS;

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; HYDROCARBON BIOMAKERS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORE FORMATION;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOMARKER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33847266829     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.5.997     Document Type: Article

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