Composition and origin of Early Cambrian Tiantaishan phosphorite-Mn carbonate ores, Shaanxi Province, China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 95-134

  Hein, James R ^a   Fan, Delian ^b   Ye, Jie ^b   Liu, Tiebing ^b   Yeh, Hsueh Wen ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coastal upwelling; Early Cambrian global events; Mn carbonate ore; Phosphorite ore; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; MANGANESE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0033399813     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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