Type of volcanoes hosting the massive sulfide deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 107-126

  Rosa, Carlos J P ^a,b   McPhie, Jocelyn ^a   Relvas, Jorge M R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Iberian Pyrite Belt; Massive sulfide deposits; Submarine lava cryptodome pumice cone volcanoes; Volcanic facies architecture

Indexed keywords

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC FACIES; VOLCANIC FACIES ARCHITECTURE;

ARCHITECTURE; DEPOSITS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

VOLCANOES;

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; FELSIC ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LITHOFACIES; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE BODY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 77954541781     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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