Mineralogy of telluride-bearing epithermal ores in the Kassiteres-Sappes area, western Thrace, Greece

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-52

  Voudouris, P ^a   Tarkian, M ^b   Arikas, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACITE; EMPLACEMENT; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PORPHYRY; PRECIOUS METAL; TELLURIDE;

GREECE; THRACE;

EID: 33646164666     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-005-0119-z     Document Type: Article

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