Tectonic controls on the formation of the Liwu Cu-rich sulfide deposit in the Jianglang Dome, SW China

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-100

  Yan, Dan Ping ^a,b,c   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Song, Hong Lin ^a   Fu, Zhao Ren ^a   Sun, Min ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Key Lab of Lithosphere Tectonics and Lithoprobing Tech of the Min of Education Univ of Geosci   (China)

Author keywords

Co Ni ratio in sulfides; Jianglang dome; Liwu Cu rich deposit; Lower detachment fault; Sulfur isotope; SW China; Tectono strata bound deposit

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DETACHMENT FAULT; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; LIWU DEPOSIT; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0242338479     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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