Gold and silver metallogeny of the South China Fold Belt: A consequence of multiple mineralizing events?

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 109-126

  Pirajno, Franco ^a   Bagas, Leon ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gold silver mineralization; Guandong; South China Fold Belt; Yanshanian; Zhejiang

Indexed keywords

METALLOGENY;

GOLD; IRON; SILVER; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; FOLD BELT; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; OROGENY; SILVER;

CHINA;

EID: 0036705084     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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