Phanerozoic ooidal ironstone deposits - Generation of potential exploration targets

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-64

  McGregor, F ^a   Ramanaidou, E ^a   Wells, M ^a  

^a Australian Resources Research Centre (ARRC)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel iron deposits; CID; Global database; Phanerozoic ooidal ironstones; POI

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL IRON DEPOSITS; CID; GLOBAL DATABASE; OOIDAL IRONSTONES; POI;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

IRON DEPOSITS;

DATABASE; IRON ORE; IRONSTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; OOID; ORE BODY; PALEOCHANNEL; PHANEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78651099002     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174510X12853354810660     Document Type: Article

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