Geology of the Skorpion supergene zinc deposit, Southern Namibia

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 749-771

  Borg, Gregor ^a   Kärner, Katrin ^a   Buxton, Mike ^b   Armstrong, Richard ^c   van der Merwe, Schalk W ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION;

COMPOSITION; DEPOSITS; ROCKS; ZINC;

GEOLOGY;

METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OXIDE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SUPERGENE PROCESS; ZINC;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0141521626     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.749     Document Type: Article

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