Ages of epithermal deposits in Mexico Regional significance and links with the evolution of tertiary volcanism

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1029-1037

  Camprubi, Antoni ^a   Ferrari, Luca ^a   Cosca, Michael A ^b   Cardellach, Esteve ^c   Canals, Àngels ^d  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA REDUCTION; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; OLIGOCENE; TERTIARY; VOLCANISM;

MEXICO;

EID: 0141749187     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.5.1029     Document Type: Article

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