New 40Ar/39Ar age data and implications for porphyry copper deposits of Mongolia

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 524-529

  Lamb, Melissa A ^a   Cox, Dennis ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PORPHYRY;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0031711655     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.4.524     Document Type: Article

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