Global comparisons of volcanic-associated massive sulphide districts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 204, Issue , 2002, Pages 13-37

  Allen, Rodney L ^a,b   Weihed, Pär ^c   Blandell, Derek ^d   Crawford, Tony ^d   Davidson, Gary ^d   Galley, Alan ^d   Gibson, Harold ^d   Hannington, Mark ^d   Herrington, Richard ^d   Herzig, Peter ^d   Large, Ross ^d   Lentz, David ^d   Maslennikov, V Valery ^d   McCutcheon, Steve ^d   Peter, Jan ^d   Tornos, Fernando ^d  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Volcanic Resources Limited   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 0037005570     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.204.01.02     Document Type: Article

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