The Archaean Ravensthorpe Terrane, Western Australia: Synvolcanic Cu-Au mineralization in a deformed island arc complex

Precambrian Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 143-181

  Witt, W K ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Sons of Gwalia Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Geochemistry; Greenstone belt; Island arc; Mineralization; Yilgarn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041673547     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(98)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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