Neoarchean Massive Sulfide of Wutai Mountain, North China: A Black Smoker Chimney and Mound Complex Within 2.50 Ga-Old Oceanic Crust

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 13, Issue C, 2004, Pages 339-362

  Li, Jianghai ^a   Kusky, Tim ^b   Niu, Xianglong ^a   Jun, Feng ^a   Polat, Ali ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 77956782685     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(04)13011-9     Document Type: Review

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