Palladium, platinum and gold concentration in porphyry copper systems of Greece and their genetic significance

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-70

  Economou Eliopoulos, Maria ^a   Eliopoulos, Demetrios G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gold; Greece; Palladium; Platinum; Porphyry copper; Skouries

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PORPHYRY;

GREECE;

EID: 0034091866     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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