Stress controls on intrusion-related gold lodes: Wonga gold mine, Stawell, western Lachlan fold belt, southeastern Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 941-963

  Miller, John McL ^a   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID PRESSURE; INTRUSION; LITHOFACIES; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION;

GOLD DEPOSITS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

GOLD; LODE DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 5644297376     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.5.941     Document Type: Article

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