Geodynamic settings and tectonic model of skarn gold deposits in China: An overview

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 139-169

  Chen, Yan Jing ^a   Chen, Hua Yong ^b   Zaw, Khin ^c   Pirajno, Franco ^d   Zhang, Zeng Jie ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; CMF model; Continental collision; Metallogenic timing; Orogenesis; Skarn gold deposit; Tectonic provinces

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; METALLOGENIC TIMING; OROGENESIS; SKARN GOLD DEPOSIT; TECTONIC PROVINCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEODYNAMICS; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; SKARN; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947174641     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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