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Based on the sulfur isotopic composition of sulfide minerals, gold deposits in terrigenous successions were systematized and grouped by variation ranges, intervals of modal values, and distribution of δ34S. It was concluded that the evolution of the sulfur isotopic composition of deposits depends on the character of changes in sulfur isotopes in the host rocks of the continental crust.
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Original Russian Text © M.M. Konstantinov, T.N. Kosovets, 2008, published in Geokhimiya, 2008, No. 5, pp. 546–554.
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Konstantinov, M.M., Kosovets, T.N. Isotope geochemical sequence of gold deposits in terrigenous successions. Geochem. Int. 46, 503–510 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702908050054
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