Controls on the metal compositions of magmatic sulfide deposits in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 38-49

  Song, Xie Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a,b   Tao, Yan ^a   Xiao, Jia Fei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emeishan large igneous province; Magmatic sulfide deposit; Multiple removal of sulfide liquid; R factors

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SULFIDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; YANGLIUPING;

EID: 45449107367     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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