Relationship between organic matter and copper mineralization in the Proterozoic Nonesuch Formation, northern Michigan

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 71-87

  Ho, Eileen S ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEROZOIC; REDOX;

USA, MICHIGAN, WHITE PINE;

EID: 0029772112     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-1368(95)00016-x     Document Type: Article

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