Formation and decay of a modern massive sulfide deposit in the Indian Ocean

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 302-309

  Halbach, P ^a   Blum, N ^a   Munch U ^a   Pluger W ^b   Garbe Schonberg D ^d   Zimmer, M ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; MASSIVE SULPHIDE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0031826164     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050149     Document Type: Article

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