Re-Os, Sm-Nd, U-Pb, and stepwise lead leaching isotope systematics in shear-zone hosted gold mineralization: genetic tracing and age constraints of crustal hydrothermal activity

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1925-1936

  Frei, R ^a,b   Nagler Th F ^a   Schonberg R ^a   Kramers, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0345164366     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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