Arsenic, antimony, and bismuth as indicators of the genesis of ore material in Early Precambrian ferrous quartzite formations

Geochemistry International

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 816-831

  Bergman, I A ^a   Kolesov, G M ^b  

^a Fedorovskii All Russia Institute of Mineral Resources (VIMS)   (Russian Federation)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

antimony; arsenic; bismuth; ferrous quartzites; neutron activation analysis; ore material

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBONATE ROCK; ELEMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FERROUS QUARTZITES; GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELS; ORE FORMATION; ORE MATERIAL; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ORES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

IRON;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CARBONATE ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROXIDE; IRON ORE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORE BODY; PRECAMBRIAN; QUARTZITE;

EID: 84866939236     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: 15561968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702912100035     Document Type: Article

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