Recognizing hydrothermal alteration through a granulite facies metamorphic overprint at the challenger Au deposit, South Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 64-89

  McFarlane, Chris R M ^a   Mavrogenes, John A ^a   Tomkins, Andrew G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatexis; Au mineralization; Hydrothermal alteration; Metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GRANULITE FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; OROGENY; REMOBILIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

MICAS;

EID: 34447551601     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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