Lead isotope compositions of Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary igneous rocks and sulfide minerals in Arizona: Implications for the sources of plutons and metals in porphyry copper deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-244

  Bouse, Robin M ^a,b   Ruiz, Joaquin ^a   Titley, Spencer R ^a   Tosdal, Richard M ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER; ISOTOPE; LEAD; SULFIDE; UNITED STATES;

CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLOGENESIS; PORPHYRY; SULFIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032764156     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211     Document Type: Article

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