Mineralogy and geochemistry of sulfide ores from the Logachev-2 and Rainbow fields: Similar and distinctive features

Geochemistry International

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-294

  Lein, A Yu ^a   Cherkashev, G A ^b   Ul'yanov, A A ^c   Ul'yanova, N V ^a   Stepanova, T V ^b   Sagalevich, A M ^a   Bogdanov, Yu A ^a   Gurvich, E G ^a   Torokhov, M P ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 9244243606     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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