The spectrum of ore deposit types, volcanic environments, alteration halos, and related exploration vectors in submarine volcanic successions: Some examples from Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 913-938

  Large, R R ^a   McPhie, J ^a   Gemmell, J B ^a   Herrmann, W ^a   Davidson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS;

FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; ORES; POROSITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035435218     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.913     Document Type: Article

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