Submarine gold mineralization near Lihir Island, New Ireland Fore-Arc, Papua New Guinea

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1795-1813

  Petersen, Sven ^a   Herzig, Peter M ^a   Hannington, Mark D ^b   Jonasson, Ian R ^b   Arribas Jr , Antonio ^c  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Placer Dome Exploration Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMETALLIC VEINS;

CLAY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ISOTOPES; SILICA; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; SULFIDE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

BISMARCK SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0037653672     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.8.1795     Document Type: Article

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