What controls gold distribution in Archean terranes?

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 545-548

  Weinberg, Roberto F ^a   Hodkiewicz, Paul F ^b   Groves, David I ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Dilational jogs; Fractal dimensions; Gold; Hydrothermal systems

Indexed keywords

GOLD DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR ZONE;

FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ORES;

GOLD;

ARCHEAN; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; SHEAR ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 3543130177     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20475.1     Document Type: Article

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