Re-Os age for molybdenite from the Gangdese porphyry copper belt on Tibetan plateau: Implication for geodynamic setting and duration of the Cu mineralization

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-231

  Hou, Zengqian ^a   Qu, Xiaoming ^a   Wang, Shuxian ^a   Du, Andao ^a   Gao, Yongfeng ^b   Huang, Wei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Shijiazhuang Vocational College of City Economy   (China)

^c Xizang Bureau of Geol/Mineral Rsrc   (China)

Author keywords

Gangdese; Porphyry copper deposit; Re Os age; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; DEPOSITS; MOLYBDENUM; QUARTZ; ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

BATHOLITHS; COPPER BELTS; MINERALIZATION;

GEOLOGY;

COPPER; DATING METHOD; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 2942515870     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/01YD0487     Document Type: Article

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