Fluid speciation controls of low temperature copper isotope fractionation applied to the Kupferschiefer and Timna ore deposits

Chemical Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Asael, Dan ^a,c   Matthews, Alan ^a   Oszczepalski, Slawomir ^b   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^c   Halicz, Ludwik ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Copper isotopes; Fluid speciation; Kupferschiefer; Redox isotopic fractionation; Sediment hosted Stratiform Copper deposits; Timna

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIGAND; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS BALANCE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; SULFIDE;

ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DOLNOSLASKIE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; LOWER SILESIA; LUBIN; MIDDLE EAST; POLAND; SIEROSZOWICE; SILESIA;

EID: 67349137610     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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