Timing of gold mineralization in the Mt York district, Pilgangoora greenstone belt, and implications for the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of an area linking the western and eastern Pilbara Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 249-265

  Neumayr, P ^a,c   Ridley, J R ^b,c   McNaughton, N J ^c   Kinny, P D ^d   Barley, M E ^c   Groves, D I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pb isotopes; Pilbara Gold; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031826679     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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