Textural and fluid inclusion constraints on the origin of the banded-iron-formation-hosted gold deposits at Maevatanana, central Madagascar

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-398

  Andrianjakavah, Prosper ^a,b   Salvi, Stefano ^a   Béziat, Didier ^a   Guillaume, Damien ^a   Rakotondrazafy, Michel ^b   Moine, Bernard ^a  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Aqueous carbonic fluids; Archaean mesothermal gold; BIF; Fluid immiscibility; Madagascar; Maevatanana

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; HOST ROCK; PYRITE; QUARTZ VEIN; TEXTURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 33947230197     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0119-x     Document Type: Article

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