Geology, tectonic setting, and origin of the paleoproterozoic boliden Au-Cu-As deposit, Skellefte District, Northern Sweden

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1073-1097

  Weihed, Jeanette Bergman ^a   Bergström, Ulf ^b,d   Billström, Kjell ^c   Weihed, Pär ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Geology   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

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EID: 0002565447     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1073     Document Type: Article

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