Boron-rich mud volcanoes of the Black Sea region: modern analogues to ancient sea-floor tourmalinites associated with Sullivan-type Pb-Zn deposits?

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-442

  Slack, John F ^a   Turner, Robert J W ^b   Ware, Paul L G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BORON; BORON DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; MANGANESE ALLOYS; PYRITES; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER DEPOSITS; SUBMARINES; TERNARY ALLOYS; ZINC ALLOYS;

BLACK SEA REGIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MODERN ANALOGUES; PB-ZN DEPOSITS; SHALLOW WATERS; SULLIVAN DEPOSIT; SYNSEDIMENTARY;

VOLCANOES;

BORON; LEAD-ZINC; MUD VOLCANO; TOURMALINITE;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 84879880833     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0439:BRMVOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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