Oily old ores: Evidence for hydrothermal petroleum generation in an Archean volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 731-734

  Rasmussen, B ^a   Buick, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Hydrothermal oil; Pilbara craton; Pyrobitumen; Volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralization

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GASOLINE; MINERALOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DEPOSITS; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

ARCHEAN; HYDROTHERMAL OIL; PILBARA; PYROBITUMEN; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

COBALT DEPOSITS;

ARCHEAN; GOLD; HYDROCARBON; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA CRATON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879881374     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<731:OOOEFH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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