Influence of structural setting on sulphur isotopes in Archean orogenic gold deposits, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn, Western Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-150

  Hodkiewicz, P F ^a,b   Groves, D I ^a   Davidson, G J ^c   Weinberg, R F ^d   Hagemann, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SRK CONSULTING   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Orogenic lode gold; Sulphur isotopes; Yilgarn

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIP; FLUID PRESSURE; GOLD; LODE DEPOSIT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PARTITIONING; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 59749090281     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0211-5     Document Type: Article

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