Self-ordering and complexity in epizonal mineral deposits

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2000, Pages 669-719

  Henley, R W ^a   Berger, B R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Base metal; Chaos; Copper; Feedback; Giant; Gold; Hydrothermal; Porphyry

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL RESOURCE; ORE DEPOSIT; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033790356     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.28.1.669     Document Type: Article

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