Development of framboidal pyrite during diagenesis, low-grade regional metamorphism, and hydrothermal alteration

Economic Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1143-1168

  Scott, Robert J ^a   Meffre, Sebastien ^a   Woodhead, Jon ^b   Gilbert, Sarah E ^a   Berry, Ron F ^a   Emsbo, Poul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DEPTH RANGE; DIAGENETICS; DISSOLUTION SURFACES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; PALEOZOIC; PB ISOTOPES; SIZE RANGES; SYNSEDIMENTARY; UPPER CRUST;

DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

CRENULATION CLEAVAGE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGENESIS; FACIES; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LEAD ISOTOPE; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; PYRITE; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; STYLOLITE;

AUSTRALIA; CARLIN; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77957294896     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.104.8.1143     Document Type: Article

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