A hydrogeologic model of stratiform copper mineralization in the Midcontinent Rift System, Northern Michigan, USA

Geofluids

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Swenson, J B ^a   Person, Mark ^b   Raffensperger, J P ^c   Cannon, W F ^c   Woodruff, L G ^c   Berndt, M E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Midcontinent Rift System; Ore genesis; Paleohydrogeology; Stratiform copper deposit

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COPPER; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID;

MICHIGAN; MIDCONTINENT RIFT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242333304     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2004.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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