Sedimentary exhalative nickel-molybdenum ores in south China

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1051-1066

  Lott, D A ^a   Coveney Jr , R M ^a   Murowchick, J B ^a   Grauch, R I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT;

CHINA;

EID: 0033497079     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.7.1051     Document Type: Article

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