Stawell gold deposit: A key to unravelling the Cambrian to Early Devonian structural evolution of the western Victorian goldfields

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 677-695

  Miller, J McL ^a   Wilson, C J L ^a   Dugdale, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Leviathan Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation; Faults; Gold; Lachlan Fold Belt; Structure

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FAULTING; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 33748125815     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600823313     Document Type: Article

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