Meteoric incursion and oxygen fronts in the Dalradian metamorphic belt, southwest Scotland: A new hypothesis for regional gold mobility

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 365-373

  Craw, D ^a   Chamberlain, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALRADIAN; GOLD; METAMORPHISM; METEORIC FLUID; MINERALIZATION; MOBILITY; OXYGEN FRONT;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030482861     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189184     Document Type: Article

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