Gold dispersal and placer formation in an active oblique collisional mountain belt, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-614

  Craw, D ^a   Youngson, J H ^a   Koons, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PLACER DEPOSIT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033386243     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.5.605     Document Type: Article

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