Geology of gold-bearing skarn deposits in the middle and lower Yangtze River Valley and adjacent regions

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 227-249

  Zhao, Yiming ^a   Zhang, Yinan ^a   Bi, Chengsi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geology; Skarn; Yangtze River Valley

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SKARN;

CHINA;

EID: 0033371256     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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