Structural geology and vein mineralisation in the callery river headwaters, southern alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 273-286

  Craw, D ^a   Rattenbury, M S ^a   Johnstone, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine schist; Callery river; Fluid inclusions; Folding; Gold; Hydrothermal alteration; Metamorphic rocks; Mineralisation; Southern alps; Structure; Textural zones; Torlesse terrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947373351     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1987.10552622     Document Type: Article

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