40Ar/39Ar ages of the ore-bearing porphyries of the Gangdese porphyry copper belt and their geological significance

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Qu, Xiaoming ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^a   Li, Zhenqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

40AR 39Ar ages; Dynamic environment of mineralization; Gangdese copper belt; Ore bearing porphyries

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COPPER; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; TERTIARY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0042822232     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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