Role of crustal contamination in formation of the Jinchuan intrusion and its world-class Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, northwest China

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1113-1132

  Song, Xie Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Wang, Christine Yan ^a   Qi, Liang ^a   Zhang, Cheng Jiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; DUNITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LHERZOLITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; NICKEL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; JINCHUAN;

EID: 33845762872     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.12.1113     Document Type: Article

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