Gold-bearing fault zones related to Late Archean orogenic folding of upper and middle crust in the Abitibi granite-greenstone belt, Ontario

Precambrian Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 143-159

  Peschler, A P ^a   Benn, K ^a   Roest, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean tectonics; Faults; Folds; Gold; Greenstone belt; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ANTICLINE; ARCHEAN; BATHOLITH; BOUGUER ANOMALY; FAULT ZONE; GOLD; GRANITE; GREENSTONE BELT; OROGENIC BELT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; UPPER CRUST;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 33751337849     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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