Intrusive metallogenic provinces in eastern Australia based on granite source and composition

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 315, Issue , 1996, Pages 281-290

  Blevin, Phillip L ^a   Chappell, Bruce W ^a   Allen, Charlotte M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fractionation; Granites; Metallogenic provinces; Mineral deposits

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FRACTIONATION; GOLD ALLOYS; GRANITE; METALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSITS;

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; MAGMATIC PROCESS; MAGMATIC SOURCES; METALLOGENIC PROVINCES; NEAR-SURFACE GEOLOGY;

ORES;

FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79960614265     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2315-9.281     Document Type: Article

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