Metallogenic characteristics and genetic model of antimony and gold deposits in south Tibetan detachment system

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1377-1391

  Yang, Zhusen ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^b   Gao, Wei ^c   Wang, Haiping ^a   Li, Zhenqing ^a   Meng, Xiangjin ^a   Qu, Xiaoming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antimony and gold deposit; Deposit type; Fluid inclusion; Hydrogen and oxygen isotope; Metamorphic core complex; The south Tibetan detachment system

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; DETACHMENT FAULT; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33845995102     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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