Sulfur isotopic systematics of granitoids from southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: Implications for magmatic-hydrothermal processes, redox conditions, and gold mineralization

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 795-816

  Yang, Xue Ming ^a,b   Lentz, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Ginguro Exploration Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Canada; Granitoids; Intrusion related gold systems; Redox condition; Sulfate sulfide ratios; Sulfur isotopic composition

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY ROCK; DEGASSING; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GOLD; GRANITOID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALIZATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 78449285935     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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