Multiple sources of metals of mineralization in Lower Cambrian black shales of South China: Evidence from geochemical and petrographic study

Resource Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-42

  Pašava, Jan ^a   Kříbek, Bohdan ^a   Vymazalová, Anna ^a   Sýkorová, Ivana ^b   Žák, Karel ^c   Orberger, Beate ^d  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cambrian Ni Mo polymetallic black shale; Multiple source; SEDEX barite deposit; South China

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; BARITE; BITUMEN; BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; FOOTWALL; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PALEOSURFACE; PETROGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENTATION; SULFIDE (INORGANIC); TRANSGRESSION;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; ZUNYI;

EID: 38949193186     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2007.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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