40Ar/39Ar dating of mica-bearing pyrite from thermally overprinted Archean gold deposits

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 397-400

  Phillips, David ^a   Miller, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ar dating; Archean; Australia; Gold; Pyrite; Yilgarn

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE HEATING; MICA-BEARING PYRITE; PYRITE CRYSTAL; PYRITE GRAIN;

ARGON; CRUSHING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEATING; MICA; PYRITES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRYSTAL; GOLD; PYRITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 33646833301     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22298.1     Document Type: Article

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