Hydrothermal origin of Devonian conical mounds (kess-kess) of Hamar Lakhdad Ridge, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1123-1126

  Mounji, D ^a   Bourque, P A ^a   Savard, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CEMENTS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; PILES; VOLCANOES;

CARBONATE MOUNDS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; VOLCANIC MASSIF;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CARBONATE ROCK; DEVONIAN; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84875003218     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1123:HOODCM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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