Reconstruction of the red dog Zn-Pb - Ba orebody, Alaska: Implications for the vent environment during the mineralizing event

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1581-1602

  Edgerton, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0742277776     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-128     Document Type: Article

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