Massive sulfide deposits in the Changning-Menglian back-arc belt in Western Yunnan, China: Comparison with modern analogues in the Pacific

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 211-231

  Yang, Kaihui ^a   Scott, Steven D ^a   Mo, Xuanxue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 0742305050     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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