LA-ICP-MS analyses of minor and trace elements and bulk Ge isotopes in zoned Ge-rich sphalerites from the Noailhac - Saint-Salvy deposit (France): Insights into incorporation mechanisms and ore deposition processes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 518-540

  Belissont, Rémi ^a   Boiron, Marie Christine ^a   Luais, Béatrice ^a   Cathelineau, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GERMANIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LASER METHOD; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPHALERITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZONING;

FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TARN;

EID: 84891134992     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.052     Document Type: Article

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