The mineralogy of copper-bearing skarn to the east of the Sungun-Chay river, East-Azarbaidjan, Iran

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 423-438

  Calagari, Ali Asghar ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Ghader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bimetasomatic and metasomatic alterations; Calcic skarn; Copper bearing skarn; Skarnification

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; SKARN;

ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33751313313     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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