Hypogene Zn carbonate ores in the Angouran deposit, NW Iran

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 799-820

  Boni, Maria ^a,b   Gilg, H Albert ^c   Balassone, Giuseppina ^a   Schneider, Jens ^d,g   Allen, Cameron R ^e   Moore, Farid ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

^f SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Angouran; Iran; Nonsulfide zinc; Smithsonite; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; ORE MINERAL; PETROGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TRAVERTINE; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 35448960799     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0144-4     Document Type: Article

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