Eocene gold ore formation at Muteh, Sanandaj-Sirjan tectonic zone, western Iran: A result of late-stage extension and exhumation of metamorphic basement rocks within the Zagros orogen

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1497-1524

  Moritz, Robert ^a   Ghazban, Fereydoun ^b   Singer, Brad S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EXHUMATION; GOLD DEPOSITION; GOLD ORE; METAMORPHISM;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASEMENT ROCK; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LEUCOGRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; ORE BODY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SANANDAJ-SIRJAN BELT;

EID: 34249913183     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.8.1497     Document Type: Article

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