Economic natural resource deposits at terrestrial impact structures

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 248, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-29

  Grieve, Richard A F ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; REMOBILIZATION;

EID: 27644479254     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.248.01.01     Document Type: Review

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