Lithospheric controls on the formation of provinces hosting giant orogenic gold deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 874-886

  Bierlein, Frank P ^a   Groves, David I ^a   Goldfarb, Richard J ^b   Dubé, Benoit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endowment; Giant gold deposits; Lithosphere; Metallogeny; Orogenic gold; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT;

MARGARODIDAE;

EID: 33244476057     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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