Sweetwater Ba-F-Zn district, eastern Tennessee: A paleomagnetic age for dolomitisation from fluid flow

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 78-79, Issue , 2003, Pages 235-241

  Pannalal, S J ^a,c   Symons, D T A ^a   Misra, Kula C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alleghenian orogeny; Dolomitisation; Paleomagnetism; Sweetwater Ba F Zn district

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ROCKS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALLEGHENIAN OROGENY; DOLOMITISATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SWEETWATER BA-F-ZN DISTRICT;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ALLEGHANIAN OROGENY; BARIUM; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID FLOW; FLUORINE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOST ROCK; MINERALIZATION; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE DEPOSIT; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; RECRYSTALLIZATION; REMAGNETIZATION; ZINC;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047200320     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(03)00023-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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