Re-Os Dating of polymetallic ni-mo-pge-au mineralization in lower cambrian black shales of South China and its geological significance-A reply

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 663-665

  Lehmann, Bernd ^a   Mao, Jingwen ^b   Li, Shengrong ^b   Zhang, Guangdi ^c   Zeng, Mlngguo ^d  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d Guizhou Bureau of Geology   (China)

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EID: 84865453075     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.663     Document Type: Note

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