Origin of the Nchanga copper-cobalt deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 617-638

  McGowan, Ross R ^a   Roberts, Stephen ^a   Boyce, Adrian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Copper; Copperbelt; Fluid inclusions; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; COPPERBELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 30744431627     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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