Zn-Pb-Cu volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits: Criteria for distinguishing brine pool-type from black smoker-type sulphide deposition

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 259-283

  Solomon, M ^a   Tornos, F ^b   Large, R R ^a   Badham, J N P ^c   Both, R A ^a   Zaw, Khin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c University of Adelaide ^*

Author keywords

Brine pools; Criteria; Massive sulphides

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSIONS; MINERAL BANDING; POOLS;

BACTERIA; BRINES; CHIMNEYS; GEOLOGY; INCLUSIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PYRITES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; ZONE MELTING;

SULFUR DEPOSITS;

BLACK SMOKER; BRINE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 4243114218     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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