Testing ore deposit models using in situ U-Pb geochronology of hydrothermal monazite: Paleoproterozoic gold mineralization in northern Australia

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-80

  Rasmussen, Birger ^a   Sheppard, Stephen ^b   Fletcher, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gold deposits; Hydrothermal mineralization; Monazite; Pine Creek orogen; SHRIMP data

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; PINE CREEK OROGEN; SHRIMP DATA;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONAZITE; ORE DEPOSITS; URANIUM;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MONAZITE; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 32244436064     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22058.1     Document Type: Article

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