The alkaline porphyry associated Yao'an gold deposit, Yunnan, China: Rare earth element and stable isotope evidence for magmatic-hydrothermal ore formation

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-30

  Bi, Xianwu ^a   Hu, Ruizhong ^a   Cornell, Dave Hugh ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkaline intrusion; China; Gold deposits; Rare earth elements; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YAOAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 1342268696     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0374-z     Document Type: Article

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