Nitrogen isotope and content record of Mesozoic orogenic gold deposits sorrounding the North China craton

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-245

  Mao, Jingwen ^a,b   Zhang, Zuoheng ^b   Wang, Yitian ^b   Jia, Yefei ^c   Robert, Kerrich ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gold deposit; Margins of the North China craton; Nitrogen content; Nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA REDUCTION; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRANITE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

GOLD; GRANITE; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY;

CHINA;

EID: 0041972178     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd9022     Document Type: Article

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