Zoning in the Carboniferous-Lower Permian Cracow epithermal vein system, central Queensland, Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-224

  Dong, G Y ^a   Zhou, T ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING BEHAVIOUR; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID COMPOSITION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PERMEABILITY; WALL ROCK; ZONATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, CRACOW GOLD FIELD;

EID: 0029751605     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00204028     Document Type: Article

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