U-Pb SHRIMP monazite ages of the giant Morro Velho and Cuiabá gold deposits, Rio das Velhas greenstone belt, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 674-680

  Lobato, L M ^a   Santos, J O S ^b,c   McNaughton, N J ^b   Fletcher, I R ^b   Noce, C M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Redstone Resources Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Quadril tero Ferr fero, Brazil; Rio das Velhas greenstone belt; U Pb SHRIMP monazite ages

Indexed keywords

CRATONIZATION; GOLD MINERALIZATION; GRANITE-GREENSTONE TERRANES; GREENSTONE BELT EVOLUTION; STABLE-SHELF SEDIMENTATION;

BRAZIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GRANITE; MINERALOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MONAZITE;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MONAZITE; ORE DEPOSIT; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35848958400     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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