The timing of yellowknife gold mineralization: A temporal relationship with crustal anatexis-

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 713-720

  Ootes, Luke ^a   Morelli, Ryan M ^b   Creaser, Robert A ^c   Lentz, David R ^d   Falck, Hendrik ^a   Davis, William J ^e  

^a Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada   (Canada)

^b Government of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE AGES; CRUSTAL ANATEXIS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; GEODYNAMIC SETTING; GOLD MINERALIZATION; GREENSTONE BELTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST ROCKS; ISOCHRON AGE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; OROGENIC GOLD; PLUTONS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; UPPER CRUST; YELLOWKNIFE;

DEPOSITS; GEODYNAMICS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OSMIUM; TECTONICS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ACCRETION; ANATEXIS; AUREOLE; COLLISION ZONE; CRATON; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEODYNAMICS; GOLD; LITHOLOGY; LODE DEPOSIT; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUTON; PYRITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TURBIDITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 79958127902     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.4.713     Document Type: Article

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