Geochemical evidence of progressive meteoric water interaction in epithermal Au-Ag mineralization, Jeongju-Buan District, Republic of Korea

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 636-646

  So, Chil Sup ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

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EID: 0040178026     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.3.636     Document Type: Article

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