Late Variscan post-collisional Cu-Ni sulfide deposits in East Tianshan and Altay in China: Principal characteristics and possible relationship with mantle plume

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 925-942

  Mao, Jingwen ^a   Pirajno, Franco ^b   Zhang, Zuoheng ^a   Chai, Fengmei ^c   Yang, Jianmin ^a   Wu, Hua ^d   Chen, Shiping ^e   Cheng, Songlin ^d   Zhang, Changqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development   (China)

^e Hami Bureau of Land and Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Altay; Cu Ni sulfide deposit; Mantle plume; Post collision; Tianshan; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DIORITE; FRACTIONATION; MANTLE PLUME; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PERMIAN; SULFIDE; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33749340400     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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