Genesis of volcanic-hosted gold deposits in the Sawur gold belt, northern Xinjiang, China: Evidence from REE, stable isotopes, and noble gas isotopes

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 207-226

  Shen, Ping ^a   Shen, Yuanchao ^a   Liu, Tiebing ^a   Li, Guangming ^a   Zeng, Qingdong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gold mineralization; Isotopes; REE; Sawur gold belt

Indexed keywords

CALDERA STRUCTURE; GOLD MINERALIZATION; HOST ROCK; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34548089474     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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