Zarmitan granitoid-hosted gold deposit, Tian Shan Belt, Uzbekistan

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-532

  Abzalov, Marat ^a  

^a MASSA Geosciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; MINERALOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GRANITOID INTRUSION; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENIC COLLISION;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 35348902532     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.3.519     Document Type: Article

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