Ore deposits and metallogenesis of Tasmania

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-215

  Green, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALIA; KING ISLAND; MOUNT READ; TASMANIA;

EID: 84910050838     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/020     Document Type: Review

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