Nonsulfide zinc mineralization in Europe: An overview

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 715-729

  Boni, Maria ^a   Large, Duncan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDATION; ZINC DEPOSITS; ZINC MINES; ZINC SMELTING;

MINERALIZATION;

GEOLOGY;

METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; OXIDE; SUPERGENE PROCESS; WEATHERING; ZINC;

EUROPE;

EID: 0141674949     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.4.715     Document Type: Article

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