Controls on lode gold mineralization, Romite deposit, South Eastern Desert, Egypt

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-585

  Zoheir, Basem A ^a  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hamisana Zone; Orogenic lodes; Romite gold deposit; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOUDINAGE; GOLD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TRANSPRESSION;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 84865316422     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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