Origin of Mesozoic gold mineralization in South Korea

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-114

  Choi, Seon Gyu ^a   Kwon, Sung Tack ^b   Ree, Jin Han ^a   So, Chil Sup ^a   Pak, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion; Gold; Korea; Mesozoic magmatism; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 21344441203     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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