Basin shape and sediment architecture in the Gun Supersequence: A strike-slip model for Pb-Zn-Ag ore genesis at Mt Isa

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 509-531

  Southgate, P N ^a   Scott, D L ^b   Sami, T T ^c   Domagala, J ^a   Jackson, M J ^b   James, N P ^c   Kyser, T K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Mines and Energy ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Lead deposits; McNamara Group; Mt Isa Group; Sequence stratigraphy; Silver deposits; Zinc deposits

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; BASIN ANALYSIS; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033942153     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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