In situ thermochemical sulfate reduction during ore formation at the Itxaspe Zn-(Pb) MVT occurrence (Basque-Cantabrian basin, Northern Spain)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-449

  Pique A ^a   Canals, A ^a   Disnar, J R ^b   Grandia, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c Amphos 21 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Cantabrian basin; Bitumen; Mississippi Valley type deposits; Thermochemical sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE DEPOSIT; REDUCTION; SPHALERITE; SULFATE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; ZINC;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 77953949127     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001448     Document Type: Article

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