Geochemical and mineralogical constraints on the genesis of the Otjosondu ferromanganese deposit, Namibia: Hydrothermal exhalative versus hydrogenetic (including snowball-Earth) origins

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-76

  Cabral, A R ^a,b   Moore, J M ^a   Mapani, B S ^c   Koubova M ^d   Sattler, C D ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OROGENIC BELT; OXIDE; PETROGENESIS; SEAWATER; SILICATE;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 83055174040     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.114.1.57     Document Type: Article

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