Episodic fluid migration in the Fennoscandian Shield recorded by stable isotopes, rare earth elements and fluid inclusions in fracture minerals at Forsmark, Sweden

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 126-142

  Sandström, Björn ^a   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Terralogica AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcite; Fennoscandian shield; Fluid inclusions; Fluid rock interaction; Pyrite; Rare earth elements; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CALCITE; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; FLUID INCLUSION; FORELAND BASIN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA; EUROPE; FORSMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 68949159827     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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