Investigating dynamic mechanisms of geological phenomena using methodology of computational geosciences: An example of equal-distant mineralization in a fault

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 947-954

  Zhao, ChongBin ^a,b   Hobbs, B E ^b   Ord, A ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational geosciences; Dynamic mechanisms; Geological phenomena; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EARTH SCIENCES; GOLD; MECHANISMS; MINERALOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; RESEARCH; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DYNAMIC MECHANISMS; FLUID FLOWING; FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON; GEOSCIENCES; NUMERICA L RESULTS; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); WESTERN AUSTRALIA (WA);

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 47249122628     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0070-z     Document Type: Article

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