Mineralization characteristics and structural controls of hydrothermal deposits in the Gyeongsang Basin, South Korea

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-192

  Koh, Sang Mo ^a   Ryoo, Chung Ryul ^a   Song, Min Sub ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Compressional stress; Conjugate fracturing; Gaeum Fault System; Gyeongsang Basin; Hydrothermal; Metallic; Mineralization; Non metallic; Tensional stress; Yangsan Fault System

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GYEONSANG BASIN; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0346304932     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00168.x     Document Type: Article

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