Mineralogy, stable isotope geochemistry, and paragenesis of magnesite deposits from the ophiolite belt of Eastern Iran

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1703-1713

  Mirnejad, H ^a   Ebrahimi Nasrabadi, K ^b   Lalonde, A E ^c   Taylor, B E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCES; HYPERSALINE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; SEDIMENTARY STRATUM; STABLE ISOTOPES; ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; UNIT-CELL PARAMETERS;

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

MAGNESITE;

DISSOLVED GAS; FLYSCH; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNESITE; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PARAGENESIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 65349108139     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.8.1703     Document Type: Article

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