Paleomagnetism of the HYC Zn-Pb SEDEX deposit, Australia: Evidence of an epigenetic origin

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1295-1310

  Symons, D T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD DEPOSITS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETISM; REMANENCE; SILVER DEPOSITS; TECTONICS; ZINC DEPOSITS;

ALTERNATING FIELD STEP DEMAGNETIZATION; CHARACTERISTIC REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; DEMAGNETIZATION; LEAD; ORE DEPOSIT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SILVER; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MCARTHUR BASIN;

EID: 41449108509     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1295     Document Type: Article

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