A Plate Tectonic Model for the Origin of
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Sillitoe, R. H.
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Article
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1972
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GeoScienceWorld
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English
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The theory of lithosphere plate tectonics, embodying the concepts of sea-floor spreading, transform faulting, and underthrusting at continental margins and island arcs, is employed as a basis for an actualistic, though speculative, model for the origin and space-time distribution of porphyry copper