Structure and fluid migration in a late Cenozoic duplex system forming the Main Divide in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-373

  Cox, Simon C ^a,b   Craw, Dave ^a   Chamberlain, C Page ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Etheridge Henley Williams Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplex; Fluid inclusions; Gold; Isotopes; Southern Alps; Structure; Veins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003045691     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514767     Document Type: Article

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