Hydrothermal alteration styles in ancient and modern orogenic gold deposits, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-26

  Craw, D ^a   Upton, P ^a,b   Mackenzie, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alteration; Ankerite; Arsenic; Gold; Greenschist; Metamorphism; Orogenic; Vein

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; DEHYDRATION; GOLD; GRAYWACKE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 67449122971     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300909509874     Document Type: Article

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