Rare earth element systematics in scheelite from hydrothermal gold deposits in the Kalgoorlie-Norseman region, Western Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-437

  Ghaderi, Majid ^a,b   Palin, J Michael ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^a   Sylvester, Paul J ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCHEELITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032852812     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.3.423     Document Type: Article

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