Radiometric dating of volcanogenic massive sulfides and associated iron oxide crusts with an emphasis on 226Ra/Ba and 228Ra/226Ra in volcanic and hydrothermal processes at intraoceanic Arcs

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1635-1648

  Ditchburn, Robert G ^a   De Ronde, Cornel E J ^a   Barry, Bernard J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; ALTERED ROCK; BLACK SMOKERS; DECAY CHAIN ISOTOPES; DIKE INTRUSION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMALLY; INTRA-OCEANIC ARC; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA FLOOR; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

CHIMNEYS; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEVEES; RADIOMETRY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; VOLCANOES;

RADIUM;

BARIUM; BLACK SMOKER; DATING METHOD; DIKE; HALF LIFE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON OXIDE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANOLOGY;

KERMADEC ARC; MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870361088     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.8.1635     Document Type: Article

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