Geology, mineralization, alteration and structural evolution of El Teniente porphyry Cu-Mo deposit - A reply

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1171-1180

  Cannell, James ^a,d   Cooke, David R ^a   Walshe, John L ^b   Stein, Holly ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Lane Xang Minerals Limited ^*  (Laos)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 40649097356     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.6.1171     Document Type: Note

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