The nature and genesis of gold-silver-tellurium mineralization in the Metaliferi Mountains of western Romania

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-515

  Alderton, David H M ^a   Fallick, Anthony E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PRECIOUS METAL; SILVER; TELLURIUM;

ROMANIA;

EID: 0033923598     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.3.495     Document Type: Article

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