Metallogeneses in the collisional orogen of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau:Tectonic setting, tempo-spatial distribution and ore deposit types

Geology in China

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-351

  Hou, Zeng Qian ^a   Mo, Xuan Xue ^b   Yang, Zhi Ming ^a   Wang, An Jian ^c   Pan, Gui Tang ^d   Qu, Xiao Ming ^c   Nie, Feng Jun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Key controlling factor; Metallogeny; Ore deposit type; Orogen; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Temporal spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33846052004     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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