Province-scale commonalities of some world-class gold deposits: Implications for mineral exploration

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 389-399

  Groves, David I ^a,b   Santosh, M ^b,c,d  

^a School of Earth and Environment   (Australia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discovery rate; Gold deposits; Mineral exploration; Mining industry; Tectonic settings

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING INDUSTRY; ORE DEPOSIT; RESOURCE ECONOMY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84927959639     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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