Metalliferous economic geology of the Mt Isa Eastern Succession, Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-341

  Williams, P J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cu Au deposits; Metallogeny; Mt Isa Eastern Succession; Pb Zn Ag deposits; Proterozoic.

Indexed keywords

METAL DEPOSIT; METALLOGENY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031665240     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728395     Document Type: Article

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