African neoproterozoic mineral deposits and Pan African metallogenesis

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Thiart, Christien ^a   De Wit, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Metallogenesis; Mineral deposits; Pan African; Spatial coefficients

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949190268     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-008-9063-z     Document Type: Article

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