Lead isotope constraints on the origin of cenozoic orogenic gold systems in the southern alps and northwestern Otago, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-305

  Mortensen, J K ^a   Craw, D ^b   MacKenzie, D J ^b   Gabites, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Schist; Gold; Greywacke; Lamprophyre; Lead isotopes; Orogenic; Otago Schist; Southern alps

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DIKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GRAYWACKE; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAMPROPHYRE; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; OROGENY; SCHIST; SOURCE ROCK; SULFIDE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 79955706237     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.498407     Document Type: Article

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