Re-Os dating of sulfides from the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit at Gacun, southwestern China

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Hou, Zengqian ^a   Wang, Shuxian ^a   Du, Andao ^a   Qu, Xiaoming ^a   Sun, Weidong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gacun; Mineralization age; Re Os isotope; VMS deposit

Indexed keywords

MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; TRIASSIC; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

EID: 1842615083     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00179.x     Document Type: Article

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