Tectonic setting of porphyry Cu-Au mineralisation in the Ordovician - Early Silurian Macquarie Arc, Eastern Lachlan Orogen, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 465-479

  Glen, R A ^a   Crawford, A J ^b   Cooke, D R ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lachlan Orogen; Macquarie Arc; Ordovician; Porphyry copper gold deposits; Silurian

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISLAND ARC; MINERALIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; PORPHYRY; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 34147098874     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701221672     Document Type: Article

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