Archean gold mineralization synchronous with the final stages of cratonization, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 879-882

  Kent, Adam J R ^a,c   Cassidy, Kevin F ^b,d   Fanning, C Mark ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

GOLD MINERALIZATION; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP); WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN CRATONS; AGE CONSTRAINTS; GOLD BEARINGS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; CRATON; DIKE; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; ARCHAEAN; CRATONIZATION; METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK; YILGARN CRATON;

EID: 0030430628     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0879:AGMSWT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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