Significance of alteration assemblages for the origin and evolution of the proterozoic nabarlek unconformity-related uranium deposit, Northern Territory, Australia-a reply

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1045-1048

  Polito, Paul A ^a   Kyser, T Kurt ^a   Marlatt, Jim ^b   Alexandre, Paul ^a   Bajwah, Zia ^c   Drever, Garth ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c NT Geological Survey   (Australia)

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EID: 33645485446     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.5.1045     Document Type: Note

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