Facies architecture of the Palaeoproterozoic VMS-bearing Maurliden volcanic centre, Skellefte district, Sweden

GFF

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-196

  Montelius, Cecilia ^a,d   Allen, Rodney L ^a,b   Svenson, Sven Åke ^c   Weihed, Pär ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Volcanic Resources Limited   (Sweden)

^c Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d Coming AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Facies architecture; Massive sulphide; Maurliden domain; Palaeoproterozoic; Skellefte district; Volcanic centre

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BEDROCK; DACITE; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOST ROCK; MASSIVE SULFIDE; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKELLEFTE; SWEDEN;

EID: 35848963818     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890701293177     Document Type: Article

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