Mantle-derived gaseous components in ore-forming fluids of the Xiangshan uranium deposit, Jiangxi province, China: Evidence from He, Ar and C isotopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-95

  Hu, Rui Zhong ^a   Burnard, P G ^b   Bi, Xian Wu ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^c   Peng, Jian Tang ^a   Su, Wen Chao ^a   Zhao, Jun Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; He, Ar and C isotopes; Mantle derived volatiles; The Xiangshan U deposit

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIKE; FLUID INCLUSION; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; JURASSIC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI; XIANGSHAN;

EID: 68349127536     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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