40Ar/39Ar age constraints on deformation and mineralization, Rosebery Zn-Pb-Cu and Mount Lyell Cu deposits, Tasmania, Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 71-83

  Perkins, C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; MINERALIZATION; TABBERABBERAN OROGENY;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA;

EID: 0029750399     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225397     Document Type: Article

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