Paleomagnetic constraints on mineralization age of the Nansatsu-type gold deposits in southern Kyushu, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-248

  Takeda, Tetsuichi ^a,c   Shimada, Nobutaka ^a   Ueno, Hirotomo ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

K Ar age; Magnetic polarity; Mineralization age; Nansatsu type gold deposit; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 0041402708     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2001.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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