Gold scavenged by bismuth melts: An example from Alpine shear-remobilizates in the Highiş Massif, Romania

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 351-384

  Ciobanu, Cristiana L ^a,d   Cook, Nigel J ^b   Damian, Floarea ^c   Damian, Georghe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; COPPER; GOLD; GRANITOID; GREENSCHIST; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MINERALIZATION; PHYLLONITE; REMOBILIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 33745454035     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-006-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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