40Ar/39Ar geochronology of gold mineralization in Brasiliano strike-slip shear zones in the Borborema province, NE Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-460

  Araújo, Mário Neto C ^a,c   Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^b   Alves da Silva, Fernando C ^a   Jardim de Sá, Emanuel F ^a   Sá, Jaziel M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Au mineralization; Pegmatite; Reactivation; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRASILIANO OROGENY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; MINERALIZATION;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28744438264     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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