Multiple sources of selenium in ancient seafloor hydrothermal systems: Compositional and Se, S, and Pb isotopic evidence from volcanic-hosted and volcanic-sediment-hosted massive sulfide deposits of the Finlayson Lake District, Yukon, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-331

  Layton Matthews, Daniel ^f   Leybourne, Matthew I ^b   Peter, Jan M ^c   Scott, Steven D ^a   Cousens, Brian ^d   Eglington, Bruce M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ALS Geochemistry   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITE; BLACK SHALE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FELSIC ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; PALEOZOIC; SEAFLOOR; SELENIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CANADA; FINLAYSON LAKE; YUKON TERRITORY;

GULO GULO;

EID: 84879173817     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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