Geochemical characteristics of sediment- and mafic rock-hosted Cu deposits in the Kåfjord area, Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window, Northern Norway

• Main Author: Simonsen, Sondre Stenvold
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Mineralogi; petrologi; geokjemi: 462; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Mineralogy; petrology; geochemistry: 462; GEO-3900; Alta; Kvenvik; Kvænangen; Norway; Storviknes; Kåfjord; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21911

The Precambrian Alta-Kvænangen Tectonic Window (AKTW) located in the northern part of Norway, hosts different types of copper mineralization. Some of Cu occurrences have been previously mined, but their geochemical and stable isotope characteristics have not been a subject of detailed investigations...