PGE geochemistry and Re-Os dating of massive sulfide ores from the Baimazhai Cu-Ni deposit, Yunnan province, China

Lithos

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-24

  Sun, Xiaoming ^a   Wang, Shengwei ^a   Sun, Weidong ^b,c   Shi, Guiyong ^a   Sun, Yali ^b   Xiong, Dexin ^a,d   Qu, Wenjun ^e   Du, Andao ^e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d ZHAOQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

Author keywords

Baimazhai Cu Ni deposit; Emeishan large igneous province (ELIP); Massive sulfide ore; Platinum group elements; Re Os isotopic dating

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

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

EID: 51849132772     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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