Detailed 40Ar/39Ar dating of geologic events associated with the Mantos Blancos copper deposit, northern Chile

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-293

  Oliveros, Verónica ^a,c   Féraud, Gilbert ^b   Aguirre, Luis ^a   Ramírez, Luis ^a   Fornari, Michel ^b   Palacios, Carlos ^a   Parada, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Chile; Coastal Cordillera; Cu mineralization; Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COPPER; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; JURASSIC; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PLAGIOCLASE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41249103040     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0146-2     Document Type: Article

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