Cathodoluminescence characteristics of Archean volcanogenic massive sulfide related quartz: Noranda, Ben Nevis and Matagami districts, Abitibi Subprovince, Canada

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Ioannou, S E ^a   Gotze J ^b   Weiershauser L ^a   Zubowski, S M ^a   Spooner, E T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abitibi; Archean; Cathodoluminescence; Hydrothermal; Quartz; VMS related

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749029186     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000613     Document Type: Article

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