Timing of gold and crustal evolution of the Palaeozoic south central Andes, NW Argentina-implications for the endowment of orogenic belts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 702-721

  Bierlein, Frank P ^a   Stein, Holly J ^b   Coira, Beatriz ^c   Reynolds, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; arsenopyrite; gold; petrogenesis; Puna Argentina; Re Os

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN VOLCANO-INTRUSIVE ROCKS; OROGENIC BELTS; PERICRATONIC SETTING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

ARSENOPYRITE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GOLD; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PETROGENESIS;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PUNA;

EID: 33646713238     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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