Delineating the Tuwu porphyry copper deposit at Xinjiang, China, with seismic-reflection profiling

Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Li, Tonglin ^a   Eaton, David W ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Data analysis; Geophysical prospecting; Mining; Rocks; Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; COPPER MINES; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INFILL DRILLING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SIESMIC-REFLECTION PROFILING; STRATIGRAPHIC CONTACTS; TUWU PORPHYRY; BOUNDING SURFACES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; MINERALIZED ZONE; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; PORPHYRY COPPERS; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

COPPER; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PORPHYRY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33645677305     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2122409     Document Type: Article

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