Formation of the tharsis massive sulfide deposit, Iberian Pyrite Belt: Geological, lithogeochemical, and stable Isotope evidence for deposition in a brine pool

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-214

  Tornos, Fernando ^a   Solomon, Michael ^b   Conde, Carmen ^a   Spiro, Baruch F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; DEPOSITION; EROSION; PYRITES; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MARCASITE; SULFIDE DEPOSIT;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITION; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IRON OXIDE; LITHOLOGY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MIXING; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; SEAWATER; SHALE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; TECTONIC SETTING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ANDALUCIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZNALCOLLAR; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREATER ANTILLES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; LAS CRUCES; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VALVERDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44849131179     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.1.185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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