A carboniferous 40Ar/39Ar amphibole emplacement age for the au-bearing sams creek alkali-feldspar granite dike, west Nelson, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-240

  Tulloch, A J ^a   Dunlap, W J ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Arfvedsonite; Argon diffusivity; Geochronology; Nelson; Sams Creek dike

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; AMPHIBOLE; BATHOLITH; CARBONIFEROUS; DIFFUSIVITY; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MINERALIZATION; PLUTON;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33746557446     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515162     Document Type: Article

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