Gold-hosting supracrustal rocks on Storø, southern West Greenland: Lithologies and geological environment

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 13, 2007, Pages 41-44

  Knudsen, Christian ^a   van Gool, Jeroen A M ^a   Østergaard, Claus ^b   Hollis, Julie A ^c   Rink Jørgensen, Matilde ^d   Persson, Mac ^d   Szilas, Kristoffer ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b NunaMinerals   (Denmark)

^c Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HOST ROCK; LITHOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOR ISLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 39549104484     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.34194/geusb.v13.4972     Document Type: Article

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