Copper isotope fractionation in sedimentary copper mineralization (Timna Valley, Israel)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 238-254

  Asael, Dan ^a   Matthews, Alan ^a   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^b   Halicz, Ludwik ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Copper isotopes; Cu isotope reservoir effects; Metallic cycling; Redox isotopic fractionation; Stratiform sediment hosted copper deposits; Timna

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; COPPER; DIAGENESIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS BALANCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; TIMNA VALLEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34447636225     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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