40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb age constraints on the timing of gold mineralization in the kalgoorlie gold field, Western Australia-A reply

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 795-799

  Kent, Adam J R ^a   McDougall, Ian ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000368914     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.4.795     Document Type: Note

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