Geochemistry and petrography of gold-quartz-tourmaline veins of the Okote area, southern Ethiopia: Implications for gold exploration

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 101-122

  Deksissa, D J ^a   Koeberl, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE; SOURCE ROCK; TOURMALINE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0442265755     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100200018     Document Type: Article

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