Geodynamic processes that control the global distribution of giant gold deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 248, Issue , 2005, Pages 119-132

  Leahy, Kevin ^a   Barnicoat, A C ^b,c   Foster, R P ^d   Lawrence, S R ^d   Napier, R W ^e  

^a Environmental Resources Management Group Inc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Geoscience Australia ^*  (Australia)

^d Exploration Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e GFMS Mining and Exploration Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OROGENY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27644577758     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.248.01.06     Document Type: Article

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