SHRIMP S-isotope evidence for fluid mixing during gold mineralization in a slate-belt gold deposit (Hill End, New South Wales, Australia)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 229-240

  Lu, Jianchun ^a   Seccombe, Philip K ^b   Eldridge, C Stewart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MIXING; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SHRIMP; SLATE; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, HILL END;

EID: 0043044776     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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