Chronology and tectonic framework of turbidite-hosted gold deposits in the Western Lachlan fold belt, Victoria: 40Ar-39Ar results

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 229-250

  Foster, David A ^a   Gray, David R ^b   Kwak, Teunis A P ^a   Bucher, Martin ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA;

EID: 0031664585     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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