Geology and geochemistry of the Early Carboniferous Eastern Sawur caldera complex and associated gold epithermal mineralization, Sawur Mountains, Xinjiang, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 259-279

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

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Sawur caldera complex; Geochemistry; Gold mineralization; Radiogenic isotopes; Sawur Mountains; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; CALDERA; CARBONIFEROUS; CHONDRITE; DIKE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 41149126884     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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