Late Cenozoic evolution of epithermal gold metallogenic provinces in Kyushu, Japan

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-323

  Watanabe, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithermal gold; Extension; Graben; High sulfidation; Kyushu; Low sulfidation; Metallogenic province

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; WORLD;

EID: 27844452865     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0025-7     Document Type: Article

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