Age and Provenance of host rocks and ores in the paleoproterozoic Skellefte district, Northern Sweden

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1054-1072

  Blllstrom, Kjell ^a   Weihed, Par ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

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EID: 0002565449     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1054     Document Type: Article

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