Depositional gaps in abitibi greenstone belt stratigraphy: A key to exploration for syngenetic mineralization

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1097-1134

  Thurston, P C ^a   Ayer, J A ^b   Goutier, J ^c   Hamilton, M A ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TERMINOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

ABITIBI; DEBRIS FLOWS; GREENSTONE BELTS; GROUP LEVELS; IRON FORMATIONS; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; LOW RATES; MINERAL DEPOSITS; ROCK TYPES; STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVALS; TIME INTERVALS; U-PB ZIRCON AGES; ULTRAMAFIC SILLS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DEBRIS FLOW; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE; ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 60349115958     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.6.1097     Document Type: Article

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