40Ar/39Ar constraints on a temporal link between gold mineralization, magmatism, and continental margin transtension in the Jiaodong Gold Province, eastern China

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 741-751

  Li, Jian Wei ^a   Vasconcelos, Paulo M ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Zhang, Xiao Jun ^a   Yang, Feng Hua ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; GOLD; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG; SHANDONG PENINSULA;

EID: 1242299769     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378486     Document Type: Article

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