40Ar/ 39Ar geochronology of copper mineralization and regional alteration, Mount Isa, Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-36

  Perkins, Caroline ^c   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a   Wyborn, Lesley A I ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Dept of Indust Sci and Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COPPER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032968084     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.1.23     Document Type: Article

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