Ancient vent chimney structures in the Silurian massive sulphides of the Urals

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 148, Issue , 1998, Pages 241-257

  Herrington, R J ^a   Maslennikov, V V ^b   Spiro, B ^c   Zaykov, V V ^b   Little, C T S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c NIGL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542633799     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.148.01.13     Document Type: Article

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