Wall rock alteration, Atud gold mine, Eastern Desert, Egypt: Processes and P-T-X(CO)2 conditions of metasomatism

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-551

  Harraz, Hassan Z ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINE; METALLOGENESIS; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0033117131     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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