A shear zone related greenstone belt hosted gold mineralization in the Archean of West Greenland. A petrographic and combined Pb-Pb and Rb-Sr geochronological study

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 20-36

  Juul Pedersen, Astrid ^a   Frei, Robert ^a   Appel, Peter W U ^b   Persson, Mac Fjellerad ^a   Konnerup Madsen, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gold mineralization; Lead isotopes; Rubidium strontium isotopes; Stor ; Western Greenland

Indexed keywords

METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 34548086556     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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