Dashuigou tellurium deposit in Sichuan Province, China: S, C, O, and H isotope data and their implications on hydrothermal mineralization

Resource Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-23

  Mao, Jingwen ^a,b   Wang, Yitian ^b   Ding, Tiping ^b   Chen, Yuchuan ^b   Wei, Jiaxiu ^b   Yin, Jianzhao ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dashuigou deposit; Mantle source; Stable isotopes; Tellurium deposit; Tetradymite

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MANTLE SOURCE; MARBLE; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUARTZ VEIN; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TELLURIUM;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 0042808454     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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