The petrochemistry of the auriferous, volcanosedimentary Riacho dos Machados Group, central-eastern Brazil: geotectonic implications for shear-hosted gold mineralization

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 423-443

  Da Fonseca, E ^a   Lobato, L M ^a   Baars, F J ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SHEAR ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031350134     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(97)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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