Factors controlling free thermal convection in faults in sedimentary basins: Implications for the formation of zinc-lead mineral deposits

Geofluids

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-247

  Yang, Jianwen ^a   Large, R R ^b   Bull, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Heat transport; Hydrogeological modelling; Sediment hosted zinc deposits

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; THERMAL CONVECTION; ZINC;

EID: 3342925797     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2004.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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