Geological control of massive sulfide mineralization in the Neoproterozoic Wadi Bidah shear zone, southwestern Saudi Arabia, inferences from orbital remote sensing and field studies

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 235-247

  Volesky, John C ^a   Stern, Robert J ^a   Johnson, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gossan; Mineral exploration; Remote sensing; Saudi Arabia; Sulfide deposits

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SULFIDE;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GIS; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; REMOTE SENSING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; REMOTE SENSING; SAUDI ARABIA;

(SOUTHWEST); SAUDI ARABIA; WADI BIDAH;

EID: 0037526440     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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