Gold-palladium mineralization at Bleïda Far West, Bou Azzer-El Graara Inlier, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 549-564

  Ghorfi, Mustapha ^a,b   Oberthür, Thomas ^a   Melcher, Frank ^a   Lüders, Volker ^c   El Boukhari, Abdelmajid ^b   Maacha, Lhou ^d   Ziadi, Rachid ^d   Baoutoul, Hssain ^d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Reminex Exploration   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Anti Atlas; Ble daFar West; Gold palladium mineralization; Morocco; Palladiangold; Platinumgroup minerals

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PALLADIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33748254702     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0077-3     Document Type: Article

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