Tectonic and metallogenic implications of regional seismic profiles in the timmins mining camp

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1135-1150

  Snyder, David B ^a   Bleeker, W ^a   Reed, Laurie E ^b   Ayer, John A ^c   Houle, Michel G ^c   Bateman, Roger ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b LE Reed Geophysical Consultant Inc   (Canada)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FETAL MONITORING; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ABITIBI; DEFORMATION ZONES; FAULT ARRAYS; FOLD STRUCTURES; GREENSTONE BELTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOLLINGER; MINERALIZING FLUIDS; NEAR SURFACES; SEISMIC DATUM; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; UPPER CRUSTS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

CRUST; DEFORMATION; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; MINING; NAPPE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; THRUST;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TIMMINS;

EID: 60349112938     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.6.1135     Document Type: Article

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