Oxygen Isotope compositions of iron Oxides from high-grade BIF-hosted iron ore deposits of the central Hamersley province, Western Australia: Constraints on the evolution of hydrothermal fluids

Economic Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1019-1035

  Thorne, Warren ^a   Hagemann, Steffen ^a   Vennemann, Torsten ^b   Oliver, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77951919007     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.104.7.1019     Document Type: Article

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