The role of paragneiss assimilation in the origin of the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu sulfide deposit, Labrador: Multiple S and Fe isotope evidence

Economic Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1459-1469

  Hiebert, R S ^a   Bekker, A ^a   Wing, B A ^b,c   Rouxel, O J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOTOP Research Center   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; CONTAMINATION MODELING; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; IRON ISOTOPES; LARGE AMOUNTS; SILICATE MAGMA; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; SULFUR SATURATIONS;

ISOTOPES; SILICATES; SULFUR;

DEPOSITS;

BACTERIUM; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GNEISS; IRON; MAGMA; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; SATURATION; SILICATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; VOISEY'S BAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84883087132     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.108.6.1459     Document Type: Article

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