A metamorphic core complex model for the host of uranium mineralization in the Khoshoumi Mountain, Central Iran

Resource Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-269

  Yassaghi, Ali ^a   Masoodi, Mehdi ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Central Iran; Chapedoni complex; Metamorphic Core Complex; Mylonitized migmatite; Uranium mineralization

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; EOCENE; HOST ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIGMATITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; URANIUM;

BAFQ; IRAN; SAGHAND; YAZD;

EID: 79959544838     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2011.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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