Setting of Zn-Cu-Au-Ag massive sulfide deposits in the evolution and facies architecture of a 1.9 Ga marine volcanic arc, Skellefte district, Sweden

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1022-1053

  Allen, Rodney L ^a   Weihed, Par ^b   Svenson, Sven Ake ^c  

^a Volcanic Resources Ltd   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c Boliden AB ^*  (Sweden)

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EID: 0001019578     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1022     Document Type: Article

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