Re-Os dating of pyrrhotite from the Chaoshan gold skarn, eastern Yangtze Craton, eastern China

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-406

  Wang, Jian Zhong ^a   Li, Jian Wei ^a   Zhao, Xin Fu ^b   Ma, Chang Qian ^a   Qu, Wen Jun ^c   Du, An Do ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GOLD; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRRHOTITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 42549098648     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.4.392     Document Type: Article

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