U-Pb dating, Hf-isotope characteristics and trace-REE-patterns of zircons from Medet porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria: Implications for timing, duration and sources of ore-bearing magmatism

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-41

  Peytcheva, Irena ^a,b   Quadt, Albrecht ^a   Neubauer, Franz ^c   Frank, Martin ^a,d   Nedialkov, Rossen ^d   Heinrich, Christoph ^e   Strashimirov, Strashimir ^f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

BULGARIA;

EID: 64349120181     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-009-0042-9     Document Type: Article

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