Geochronological framework of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, with emphasis on the age of gold mineralization hosted in Archean greenstone belts

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 500-510

  Noce, Carlos Mauricio ^a   Tassinari, Colombo ^b   Lobato, Lydia Maria ^a  

^a CPMTC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gold deposits; Lead isotopes; Quadril tero Ferr fero

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN TERRAINS; GRANITOID-GNEISS COMPLEXES; PROTEROZOIC EVOLUTION; SYN-OROGENIC SUCCESSIONS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEAD DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GRANITOID; GREENSTONE BELT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; PLUTON; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRAIN; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35848935391     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.03.019     Document Type: Article

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