Metallogenic province and large scale mineralization of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in China

Resource Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-413

  Wang, Changming ^a   Deng, Jun ^a   Zhang, Shouting ^a   Yang, Liqiang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Large scale mineralization; Spatial distribution; VMS deposit

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; HOST ROCK; LITHOLOGY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MESOZOIC; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANOLOGY;

CHINA; HONGTOUSHAN; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 78649557012     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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