Hydrothermal fluid flow models of stratiform ore genesis in the Mcarthur Basin, northern territory, Australia

Geofluids

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-311

  Garven, G ^a   Bull, S W ^b   Large, R R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Numerical models; Ore hydrogeology; Proterozoic basin; Stratiform ores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141627813     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-8123.2001.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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