Temporal relations between mineral deposits and global tectonic cycles

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 393, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-21

  Cawood, Peter A ^a,b   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; NICKEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ZINC;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921376176     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP393.1     Document Type: Article

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