Metallogenesis of the Tibetan collisional orogen: A review and introduction to the special issue

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 2-24

  Hou, Zengqian ^a,b   Cook, Nigel J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collision related deposits; Collisional process; Geodynamics; Metallogenesis; Tibetan Orogen

Indexed keywords

COLLISION-RELATED DEPOSITS; COLLISIONAL PROCESS; GEODYNAMICS; METALLOGENESIS; TIBETAN OROGEN;

CESIUM; COMPLEXATION; GEOPHYSICS; GOLD DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; SHEARING; SILVER; SLIP FORMING; SMELTING; TECTONICS; TIN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

DEPOSITS;

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONVERGENT MARGIN; COPPER; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORELAND BASIN; GOLD; GRANITOID; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; SKARN; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 70350550252     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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