Pliocene Cu-Au-bearing igneous intrusions of the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) district, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: K-Ar geochronology

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-340

  McDowell, Fred W ^a   McMahon, Timothy P ^a   Warren, Paul Q ^a   Cloos, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCK; NEOGENE; POTASSIUM/ARGON DATING; SUBDUCTION;

INDONESIA, IRIAN JAYA, GUNUNG BIJIH;

EID: 0029776955     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629828     Document Type: Article

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