Petrogenesis of Karamaili alkaline A-type granites from East Junggar, Xinjiang (NW China) and their relationship with tin mineralization

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-357

  Su, Yuping ^a,b   Tang, Hongfeng ^a   Sylvester, Paul J ^c   Liu, Congqiang ^a   Qu, Wenjun ^d   Hou, Guangshun ^a,b   Cong, Feng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline granites; East Junggar; Petrogenesis; Re Os isochron; Tin deposits; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ALKALINE ROCK; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALEOZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TIN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 36849062068     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.341     Document Type: Article

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