Giant ore deposits formed by optimal alignments and combinations of geological processes

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 911-916

  Richards, Jeremy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; METAL; MINERAL EXPLORATION; OPTIMIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

EID: 84887112052     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1920     Document Type: Article

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