Application of low-temperature thermochronology to hydrothermal ore deposits: Formation, preservation and exhumation of epithermal gold systems from the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 240-254

  Márton, István ^a   Moritz, Robert ^a   Spikings, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; Detachment fault; Eastern Rhodopes; Epithermal gold deposit; Heat source; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EPITHERMAL GOLD DEPOSITS; HEAT SOURCES; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

APATITE; ARGON; DEPOSITS; FISSION REACTIONS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; TECTONICS; WATER SUPPLY;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DETACHMENT FAULT; DOME; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GOLD; GRABEN; HEAT SOURCE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BULGARIA; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 76849093770     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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