Proterozoic Lode Gold Deposits in the Borborema Province, Northeast Brazil and their Exploration Significance

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 429-439

  Da Nóbrega Coutinho, Maria Glícia ^a   Alderton, David H M ^b  

^a Brazil Geological Survey   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borborema Province; Gold mineralization; Proterozoic lode gold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005549179     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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