Au-quartz mineralization near the base of the continental seismogenic zone

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 272, Issue , 2007, Pages 519-532

  Sibson, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GOLD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MINERALIZATION; NUCLEATION; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; RUPTURE; SEISMIC ZONE; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 34249810684     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.272.01.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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