Fluid inclusion and noble gas studies of the Dongping gold deposit, Hebei Province, China: A mantle connection for mineralization?

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 517-534

  Mao, Jingwen ^a,b   Li, Yinqing ^a,b   Goldfarb, Richard ^c   He, Ying ^d   Zaw, Khin ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSIONS;

DEPOSITS; GOLD; INCLUSIONS; INERT GASES; ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

CRATON; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERALIZATION; NOBLE GAS; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID;

CHINA;

EID: 0141856315     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.517     Document Type: Article

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