Gold mineralization of the Chencai-Suichang Uplift and tectonic evolution of Zhejiang Province, southeast China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-55

  Pirajno, Franco ^a   Bagas, Leon ^a   Hickman, Arthur H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal reworking; Epithermal gold; Structural control; Zhejiang

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL REWORKING; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHENCAI-SUICHANG UPLIFT;

EID: 0030735575     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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