Source of Pb in orogenic lode-gold mineralisation: Pb isotope constraints from deep crustal rocks from the southwestern Archaean Yilgarn Craton, Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 366-381

  Qiu, Y ^a   McNaughton, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; LEAD; ORE DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0344549162     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050210     Document Type: Article

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