The early Cambrian Chahmir shale-hosted Zn–Pb deposit, Central Iran: an example of vent-proximal SEDEX mineralization

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 571-590

  Rajabi, Abdorrahman ^a,b   Rastad, Ebrahim ^a   Canet, Carles ^c   Alfonso, Pura ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal vents; Posht e Badam Block; Pyrite framboids; SEDEX; Sulfate reduction; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; SHALE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; ZINC;

IRAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 84938061137     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-014-0556-x     Document Type: Article

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