Genesis of orogenic-gold deposits in the Broken River Province, northeast Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 941-958

  Vos, I M A ^a   Bierlein, F P ^a,c   Teale, G S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Teale and Associates   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amanda Bel Goldfield; Broken River Province; Genesis; Orogenic gold; Tasmanides

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 31144453867     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500375190     Document Type: Article

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