Pb-Zn mineralization in a Miocene regional extensional context: The case of the Sidi Driss and the Douahria ore deposits (Nefza mining district, northern Tunisia)

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-303

  Decrée, Sophie ^a   Marignac, Christian ^b,d   De Putter, Thierry ^c   Deloule, Etienne ^b   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^c   Demaiffe, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Douahria; Nefza; Pb Zn ore deposits; Sedex; SHMS; Sidi Driss; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DOUAHRIA; NEFZA; PB-ZN ORE DEPOSITS; SEDEX; SHMS; SIDI DRISS; TUNISIA;

BARITE; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORE TREATMENT; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ORES;

CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; GALENA; HOST ROCK; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; REPLACEMENT; SPHALERITE; ZINC;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 53549126985     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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