Numerical modelling of mechanical controls on coeval steep and shallow dipping auriferous quartz vein formation in a thrust zone, Macraes mine, New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-35

  Upton, Phaedra ^a,b   Begbie, Mike ^b,c   Craw, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Oceana Gold (New Zealand) Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extension veins; Gold; Hyde Macraes shear zone; Stress; Structure

Indexed keywords

FOLIATION; GOLD; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; STRESS FIELD; THRUST;

AUSTRALASIA; MACRAES FLAT; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 37349103159     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0148-0     Document Type: Article

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