3D structural modelling and implications for targeting gold mineralisation in western Victoria

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 875-889

  Murphy, F C ^a   Rawling, T J ^a   Wilson, C J L ^a   Dugdale, L J ^b   Miller, J McL ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Leviathan Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delamerian Orogen; Faults; Geophysics; Gravity; Lachlan Orogen magnetics; Structure

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DELAMERIAN OROGENY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GOLD MINE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33748107524     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600827512     Document Type: Article

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