Hydrothermal evolution of auriferous Shear zones, Wawa, Ontario

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-342

  Samson, Iain M ^a   Bas, Bulent ^a   Holm, Paul E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0000471051     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.3.325     Document Type: Article

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