Delayed accumulation of placers during exhumation of orogenic gold in southern New Zealand

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 224-235

  Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alluvial; Exhumation; Gold; Mesothermal; Shear zone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCKS; CALIFORNIA; CENOZOIC; CONCENTRATION OF; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; GOLD GRAINS; LATE CENOZOIC; MESOTHERMAL; MESOZOIC; MICRON SCALE; NEW ZEALAND; OROGENIC GOLD; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS; OROGENS; QUARTZ TEXTURE; SHEAR ZONE; SIERRA NEVADA; SOURCE ROCKS;

BUILDINGS; DEPOSITS; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OXIDE MINERALS; PLACERS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; TEXTURES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRETACEOUS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE; MESOZOIC; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PLACER DEPOSIT; SCHIST; SHEAR ZONE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; KLONDIKE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 77953230332     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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