Implications of retrograde metamorphism for gold mineralisation in the greenstone belts of Northern Dharwar Craton, Karnataka, India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Ugarkar, A G ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gold; Greenstone belts; Metamorphism; Northern Karnataka

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; MINERALIZATION; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; WALL ROCK;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 0043271309     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70832-7     Document Type: Article

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