Diapirism synchronous with regional deformation and gold mineralisation, a new concept for granitoid emplacement in the Southern Cross Province, Western Australia

Geologie en Mijnbouw

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-338

  Dalstra, H J ^a   Bloem, E J M ^a   Ridley, J R ^a   Groves, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Greenstone belts; Tectonic concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000094302     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003190006222     Document Type: Article

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