The Dorn gold deposit in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Structure, hydrothermal alteration, and implications for the Gondwana Pacific margin

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-140

  Crispini, Laura ^a   Federico, Laura ^a   Capponi, Giovanni ^a   Talarico, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fault zones; Hydrothermal alteration; Orogenic gold; Ross Delamerian Orogeny; Syntectonic veins

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GOLD; GONDWANA; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; TEXTURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 78651362109     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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