A revised Late Eocene age for porphyry Cu magmatism in the Escondida area, northern Chile

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1231-1248

  Richards, Jeremy P ^a   Noble, Stephen R ^b   Pringle, Malcolm S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EOCENE; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY;

CHILE;

EID: 0033505325     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.8.1231     Document Type: Article

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