Processes of high-T fluid-rock interaction during gold mineralization in carbonate-bearing metasediments: The Navachab gold deposit, Namibia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-687

  Dziggel, A ^a   Wulff, K ^a   Kolb, J ^b   Meyer, F M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluid rock interaction; Navachab gold deposit; Orogenic gold mineralization; Rare earth element mobility

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID PRESSURE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GOLD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; METASEDIMENT; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCHIST; VEIN (GEOLOGY); WALL ROCK;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68249140049     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-009-0231-9     Document Type: Article

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