A large-scale copper ore-forming event accompanying rapid uplift of the southern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating and LA ICP-MS analysis

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 52-64

  Xiaoming, Qu ^a   Zengqian, Hou ^b   Zaw, Khin ^c   Xuanxue, Mo ^d   Wenyi, Xu ^a   Hongbo, Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gangdese porphyry copper deposits; LA ICP MS analysis; SHRIMP U Pb dating; Southern Tibet Plateau; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; COPPER ORE; GANGDESE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LA ICP-MS ANALYSIS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; PORPHYRY COPPERS; SHRIMP U-PB DATING; SOUTHERN TIBET PLATEAU; TECTONIC MODELS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; U-PB DATING;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; DEPOSITS; EUROPIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ORE ANALYSIS; ORES; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COPPER; IMAGING METHOD; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTIAL MELTING; PORPHYRY; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70350547967     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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