Re-Os and U-Pb geochronology of the Clear Creek, Dublin Gulch, and Mactung deposits, Tombstone Gold Belt, Yukon, Canada: Absolute timing relationships between plutonism and mineralization

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1839-1852

  Selby, David ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Hart, Craig J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES;

MINERALIZATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CORRELATION; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PLUTONISM; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 1542377455     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-077     Document Type: Article

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