Rare earth element geochemistry of the Woxi W-Sb-Au deposit, Hunan Province, South China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 319-336

  Gu, Xuexiang ^a,b   Schulz, Oskar ^c   Vavtar, Franz ^c   Liu, Jianming ^d   Zheng, Minghua ^e   Fu, Shaohong ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ore genesis; Rare earth element geochemistry; Sedimentary exhalation; South China; Stratiform W Sb Au deposit; Woxi

Indexed keywords

ORE-FORMING HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; SEDIMENTARY EXHALATIVE (SEDEX); WOXI DEPOSIT;

DILUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SEAWATER;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

ANTIMONY; EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 33947136888     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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