2635 Ma amphibolite facies gold mineralisation near a terrane boundary (suture?) on Storø, Nuuk region, southern West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 19-32

  Nutman, Allen P ^a,b   Christiansen, Ole ^c   Friend, Clark R L ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Nunaminerals A/S   (Greenland)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean; Archaean terrane assembly; Gold mineralisation; Greenland; Stor

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; FACIES; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SHRIMP DATING; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NUUK;

EID: 34848840886     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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