Geochemical signature of orogenic hydrothermal activity in an active tectonic intersection zone, Alpine Fault, New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-451

  Campbell, J R ^a   Craw, D ^a   Frew, R ^a   Horton, T ^b   Chamberlain, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Arsenic; Breccia; Fault; Gold; Hydrothermal; Tectonics; Vein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARSENIC; FAULT GOUGE; MYLONITE; OROGENIC BELT; QUARTZ VEIN;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WORLD;

EID: 27344449707     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0421-4     Document Type: Article

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