Facies architecture of a silicic intrusion-dominated volcanic centre at Highway-Reward, Queensland, Australia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 79-96

  Doyle, M G ^a   McPhie, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptodomes; Lavas; Ordovician; Queensland; Volcanic associated massive sulphide

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; LAVA DOME; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORDOVICIAN; ORE DEPOSIT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033925923     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00159-1     Document Type: Article

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