Metallogeny of copper and iron deposits in the Eastern Yangtse Craton, east-central China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-248

  Zhai, Yu Sheng ^a   Xiong, Yong Liang ^a,c   Yao, Shuzhen ^b   Lin, Xinduo ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION;

CHINA, YANGTZE CRATON;

EID: 0030429374     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-1368(96)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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