Micro-scale S isotope studies of the Kharaelakh intrusion, Noril'sk region, Siberia: Constraints on the genesis of coexisting anhydrite and sulfide minerals

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 634-644

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Li, Chusi ^a   Moore, Craig H ^a   Schmitt, Axel K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; COUNTRY ROCK; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAFIC ROCK; SULFIDE;

EID: 70649102206     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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