Helium isotope geochemistry of ore-forming fluids from Furong tin orefield in Hunan Province, China

Resource Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-15

  Li, Zhao Li ^a,b   Hu, Rui Zhong ^a   Peng, Jian Tang ^a   Bi, Xian Wu ^a   Li, Xiao Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

A type granites; Fluid inclusions; Helium; Tin orefield

Indexed keywords

ARSENOPYRITE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HELIUM; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE UPWELLING; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID;

CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 33645757804     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00263.x     Document Type: Article

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