Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in China: Setting, feature, and style

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 149-175

  Hou, Zengqian ^a   Deng, Jian ^a   Sun, Haitian ^a   Song, Shuhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASSIVE SULFIDE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0141512763     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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