Re-Os and U-Pb constraints on gold mineralisation events in the Meso- to Neoarchaean Storø greenstone belt, Storø, southern West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 200-203, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-162

  Scherstén, Anders ^a   Szilas, Kristoffer ^b   Creaser, Robert A ^c   Næraa, Tomas ^b,e   van Gool, Jeroen A M ^b,d   Østergaard, Claus ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Scandinavian Highlands Holding A/S   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arsenopyrite; Gold; Greenland; Re Os; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ARSENOPYRITE; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; GODTHABSFJORD; GREENLAND;

EID: 84857203864     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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