40Ar/39Ar ages of adularia from the golden cross, neavesville, and komata epithermal deposits, hauraki goldfield, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-231

  Mauk, Jeffrey L ^a   Hall, Chris M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Absolute ages; Epithermal; Golden Cross; Hauraki Goldfield; Komata; Neavesville

Indexed keywords

ADULARIA; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; NEOGENE;

AUSTRALASIA; HAURAKI GULF; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 3242883040     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515050     Document Type: Article

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