Integration of geological and geophysical studies in order to mineral exploration at the Zaveh mineralization area, NE Iran

Subject Areas : Economic Geology

Azadeh Malekzadeh Shafaroudi ¹ , Bahareh Boroziniat ² , Mohammad Reza Haidarian Shahri ³

1 - Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Department of Geology and Research Center for Ore Deposit of Eastern Iran, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2020-11-06 Accepted : 2021-03-09 Published : 2021-03-09

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