Lode-gold mineralization in the Tanami region, northern Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 175-204

  Huston, David L ^a   Vandenberg, Leon ^b   Wygralak, Andrew S ^c   Mernagh, Terrence P ^a   Bagas, Leon ^d,e   Crispe, Andrew ^b   Lambeck, Alexis ^a   Cross, Andrew ^a   Fraser, Geoff ^a   Williams, Nick ^a   Worden, Kurt ^a   Meixner, Tony ^a   Goleby, Bruce ^a   Jones, Leonie ^a   Lyons, Pat ^a   Maidment, David ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

^c Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lode gold; Mineral system; Paleoproterozoic; Tanami

Indexed keywords

FAULT; GOLD; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; SEISMIC DATA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TANAMI DESERT;

EID: 33846073506     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0106-2     Document Type: Article

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