Paleoenvironmental controls on the texture and chemical composition of pyrite from non-conglomeratic sedimentary rocks of the Mesoarchean Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-228

  Guy, B M ^a   Beukes, N J ^a   Gutzmer, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PYRITE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; TEXTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND;

EID: 77957303113     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.113.2.195     Document Type: Article

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