A case study of the internal structures of gossans and weathering processes in the Iberian Pyrite Belt using magnetic fabrics and paleomagnetic dating

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 981-999

  Essalhi, Mourad ^a   Sizaret, Stanislas ^a   Barbanson, Luc ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Lagroix, France ^b   Demory, François ^c   Nieto, J M ^d   Sáez, Reinaldo ^d   Capitán, M Ángeles ^d  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMS; Gossans; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Magnetic fabric; Massive sulfides; Paleomagnetic dating; Terraces

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLIATION; GOETHITE; GOSSAN; HEMATITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IRON; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE BODY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WEATHERING PROFILE;

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SPAIN;

EID: 82255179701     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0361-8     Document Type: Article

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