The hydrothermal system of Central Jebilet (Variscan Belt, Morocco): A genetic association between bimodal plutonism and massive sulphide deposits?

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 188-203

  Essaifi, Abderrahim ^a   Hibti, Mohamed ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bimodal magmatism; Cu Pb Zn ore system; Jebilet; Massive sulphide deposits; Morocco; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METAMORPHISM; ORE BODY; PLUTONISM; SHEAR ZONE; WALL ROCK;

AFRICA; JEBILET; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 38849122082     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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