Protolith heterogeneity as a factor controlling the feedback between deformation, metamorphism and melting in a granulite-hosted gold deposit

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1089-1104

  McGee, Ben ^a   Giles, David ^a   Kelsey, David E ^a   Collins, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK COMPOSITIONS; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROUS MINERAL; K-FELDSPAR; MELT EXTRACTION; MELT MIGRATION; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL EQUILIBRIA; MINERALIZED ZONE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTOLITHS; SHEAR ZONE; SILICATE MELTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRUCTURAL FABRIC; TEMPERATURE-COMPOSITION; TRANSPRESSION;

DEFORMATION; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; MELTING; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

DEFORMATION; GNEISS; GOLD; GRANULITE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTOLITH; QUARTZ; SILICATE MELT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78249248685     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-008     Document Type: Article

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