A geologic framework for mineralization in the Western Brooks Range, Alaska

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1281-1306

  Young, Lorne E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; TECTONICS; TURBIDITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERALIZATION; STRUCTURAL PLATES;

GEOLOGY;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; SEDIMENTATION;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CUON ALPINUS; ENTOVALVA; KUNA;

EID: 15744398846     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.7.1281     Document Type: Review

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