Isotopic geochronology of the late Paleozoic Kanggur gold deposit of East Tianshan mountains, Xinjiang, NW China

Resource Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-261

  Zhang, Lian Chang ^b   Liu, Tie Bing ^b   Shen, Yuan Chao ^b   Li, Guang Ming ^b   Ji, Jin Sheng ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ductile shear zone; East Tianshan; Isotopic geochronology; Late Paleozoic; Orogenic gold deposit

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SHEAR ZONE; TONALITE;

CENTRAL ASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0042808436     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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