Application of apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry to the determination of the sense and amount of vertical fault displacement at the Chuquicamata porphyry copper deposit, Chile

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 937-947

  Mcinnes, Brent I A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^b   Sillitoe, Richard H ^c   Kohn, Barry P ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c La Trobe University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; APATITE; COPPER; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY;

CHILE; CHUQUICAMATA DEPOSIT;

EID: 0033400344     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.6.937     Document Type: Article

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