Nd and Sr isotope study of hydrothermal scheelite and host rocks at Omai, Guiana Shield: Implications for ore fluid source and flow path during the formation of orogenic gold deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 302-314

  Voicu, G ^a,b   Bardoux, M ^a   Stevenson, R ^a   Jebrak M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Omai Gold Mines   (Guyana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM; SCHEELITE; STRONTIUM;

GUYANA; OMAI;

EID: 0034177873     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050243     Document Type: Article

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