One-dimensional reactive transport models of alteration in the Tongchang porphyry copper deposit, Dexing District, Jiangxi Province, China

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-323

  He, Wenwu ^a   Bao, Zhengyu ^b   Li, Tieping ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

CHINA;

EID: 0032848399     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.3.307     Document Type: Article

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