40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing and history of amphibolite facies gold mineralisation in the Southern Cross area, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-296

  Napier, R W ^a,b   Guise, P G ^a   Rex, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Exploration Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argon argon dating; Exsolution lamellae; Gold; Mineralisation; Southern Cross Greenstone Belt; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHAEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031871694     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728387     Document Type: Article

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