Extreme enrichment of polymetallic Ni-Mo-PGE-Au in Lower Cambrian black shales of South China: An Os isotope and PGE geochemical investigation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 217-228

  Jiang, Shao Yong ^a   Yang, Jing Hong ^a   Ling, Hong Fei ^a   Chen, Yong Quan ^b   Feng, Hong Zhen ^a   Zhao, Kui Dong ^a   Ni, Pei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Black shale; Extreme metal enrichment; Lower Cambrian; Metal origin; South China; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548678439     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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