Genesis of Kanggur gold deposit in eastern Tianshan orogenic belt, NW China: Fluid inclusion and oxygen and hydrogen isotope constraints

Resource Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-185

  Wang, Zhiliang ^a,b   Jiang, Neng ^c   Wang, Yitian ^a   Mao, Jingwen ^a,b   Yang, Jianmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eastern Tianshan; Fluid inclusion; Genesis of gold deposit; Hydrogen isotopes; Kanggur; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; METEORIC WATER; OROGENIC BELT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; WALL ROCK; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 4644296319     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2004.tb00198.x     Document Type: Article

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