Permo‐Carboniferous gold epoch of northeast Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-200

  Perkins, C ^a,c   Kennedy, A K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Dept of Indust Sci and Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argon argon dating; Gold deposits; Mineralisation; Uranium thorium lead dating

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; PERMIAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031852813     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728381     Document Type: Article

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