Geology of the Darreh-Zerreshk and Ali-Abad Porphyry Copper Deposits, Central Iran

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 620-646

  Zarasvandi, A ^a   Liaghat, S ^a   Zentilli, M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ORE DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

IRANIA;

EID: 20444471966     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.6.620     Document Type: Article

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