Is the ancestral Yellowstone hotspot responsible for the Tertiary "Carlin" mineralization in the Great Basin of Nevada?

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 627-630

  Oppliger, Gary L ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Brimhall Jr , George H ^c  

^a Kennecott Exploration Co   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; GOLD MINERALIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT; GREAT BASIN; MAGMATISMS; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; REGIONAL TECTONICS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

CARLIN-TYPE DEPOSIT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GOLD; HOT SPOT; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; NEVADA; USA;

EID: 0030729137     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0627:ITAYHR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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