Tectonostratigraphy and base-metal mineralization controls, Aravalli province (western India): New interpretations from geophysical data analysis

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 287-306

  Porwal, Alok ^a,b   Carranza, Emmanuel John M ^a   Hale, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Govt of Rajasthan ^*  (India)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aravalli province; Archean Proterozoic; GIS; India; Lineaments; SEDEX; Spatial analysis; VMS

Indexed keywords

BASE-METAL MINERALIZATION; GEOPHYSICAL LINEAMENTS; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; GIS; LINEAMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 33748207150     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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