High-precision 40Ar/39Ar dating of two consecutive hydrothermal events in the Chuquicamata porphyry copper system, Chile

Chemical Geology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 45-60

  Reynolds, Peter ^a   Ravenhurst, Casey ^a   Zentilli, Marcos ^a   Lindsay, Darryl ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY;

CHILE; CHUQUICAMATA;

EID: 0032486053     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00129-0     Document Type: Article

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