Geochemistry of gold and associated elements in the paleoproterozoic Osikonmäki gold deposit, southeastern Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 25, Issue , 1998, Pages 81-90

  Bornhorst, Theodore J ^a   Nurmi, Pekka A ^b   Kontoniemi, Olavi ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Finland; Geochemistry gold; Gold ores; Osikonm ki; Paleoproterozoic; Pathfinders; Proterozoic; Selenium; Statistical analysis; Tonalite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE;

FINLAND;

EID: 0032464870     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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