Sulfur and lead isotope compositions of the Qulong phorphyry copper deposit, Tibet: Implications for the sources of plutons and metals in the deposit

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 554-560

  Meng, Xiangjin ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^b   Li, Zhenqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Lead isotope; Porphyry copper deposit; Qulong; Sulfur isotope; Tibetan orogen

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLOGENESIS; PLUTON; PORPHYRY; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33744988096     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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