Mineralogy of massive sulfides from the Ashadze hydrothermal field, 13°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-567

  Mozgova, Nadezhda N ^a   Trubkin, Nikolay V ^a   Borodaev, Yuri S ^b   Cherkashev, Georgy A ^c   Stepanova, Tamara V ^c   Semkova, Tatiana A ^c   Uspenskaya, Tatiana Yu ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ashadze field; Conditions of formation; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Mineral compositions; Submarine sulfide chimneys; Ultramatic rocks; Zoning

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; PYRITES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SUBMARINES; ZINC SULFIDE;

ASHADZE FIELD; CONDITIONS OF FORMATION; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; MINERAL COMPOSITIONS; SUBMARINE SULFIDE CHIMNEYS; ULTRAMATIC ROCKS; ZONING;

MINERALS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; ZONING;

ASHADZE HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 50649085892     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.3.545     Document Type: Article

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