Mono-sample pb-pb dating of pyrrhotite and tourmaline: Proterozoic vs. Archean intracratonic gold mineralization: Comment

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 669-670

  Richards, Jeremy P ^a   Wagner, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GOLD; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; PYRRHOTITE; TOURMALINE;

EID: 0345579913     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0669:MSPPDO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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