Structural controls on sulphide deposition at the dyke-lava boundary, slow-spreading ocean crust, Macquarie Island

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-15

  Davidson, Garry J ^a   Varne, Rick ^a   Brown, Anthony V ^b   Connell, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEPOSITION; DIKE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SULFIDE;

EID: 1542377361     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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