Gold mineralisation and alteration of Penakacherla schist belt, India, constraints on Archaean subduction and fluid processes

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 199-227

  Manikyamba, C ^a   Naqvi, S M ^a   Mohan, M Ram ^a   Rao, T Gnaneshwar ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alteration; Fluid processes; Gold mineralisation; Penakacherla Schist Belt; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICA; MINERALOGY; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; RUBIDIUM; VAPORIZATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

METAMORPHISM;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

CRATON; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SHEAR ZONE;

PENAKACHERIA BELT;

EID: 4444312522     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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