A gold-copper association in ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal sulfides from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1076-1083

  Murphy, P J ^a,c   Meyer, G ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MINERALIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032455075     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.7.1076     Document Type: Article

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