Auriferous arsenopyrite - pyrite and stibnite mineralization from the Siflitz-Guginock area (Austria): Indications for hydrothermal activity during Tertiary oblique terrane accretion in the Eastern Alps

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 204, Issue , 2002, Pages 103-117

  Amann, G ^a   Paar, W H ^a   Neubauer, F ^a   Daxner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FAULT; FRACTURE FLOW; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; STIBNITE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TERRANE; TERTIARY;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 12244313444     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.204.01.07     Document Type: Article

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