Tectonic controls of Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc mineralization in orogenic forelands

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 652-667

  Bradley, Dwight C ^a   Leach, David L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional orogeny; Flexural extension; Forebulge; Foreland basin; Mississippi Valley type deposit

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; FORELAND BASIN; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING; ZINC;

EID: 0141907709     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0355-2     Document Type: Article

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