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MAGMA SOUS-JACENT [1 record]

Record 1 1992-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geochemistry
CONT

The sublayer magma was rich in sulphides and inclusions of peridotite, pyroxenite and gabbro. The sulphides tended to sink into synclinal embayments in the footwall giving a structural control of the mineralization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géochimie

Spanish

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