Lithostratigraphy, geochronology and gold metallogeny in the Northern Guiana Shield, South America: A review

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 211-236

  Voicu, Gabriel ^a,b   Bardoux, Marc ^a   Stevenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Omai Gold Mines   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Gold deposit models; Gold metallogeny; Granitoid greenstone terranes; Guiana shield; Paleoproterozoic; Trans Amazonian orogeny

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; NONMETALLIC ORES; PYRITES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GOLD METALLURGY;

CRATON; GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; PRECAMBRIAN; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035472356     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(01)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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