The Transfiguration continental red-bed Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Quebec Appalachians, Canada

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-301

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a,c   Beaudoin, Georges ^a   Taylor, Bruce E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Canada; Continental red beds; Copper; Quebec; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; COPPER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; SANDSTONE; SILURIAN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TACONIC OROGENY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYSTALLARIA;

EID: 62649144052     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0217-z     Document Type: Article

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