The Miocene Gangdese porphyry copper belt generated during post-collisional extension in the Tibetan Orogen

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 25-51

  Hou, Zengqian ^a,b   Yang, Zhiming ^a   Qu, Xiaoming ^c   Meng, Xiangjin ^c   Li, Zhenqing ^c   Beaudoin, G ^d   Rui, Zongyao ^c   Gao, Yongfeng ^e   Zaw, Khin ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e HEBEI GEO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Porphyry Cu deposits; Post collisional extensional setting; Tibetan orogen

Indexed keywords

ADAKITES; BASALTIC CRUST; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM; FIELD WORKS; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMICAL AFFINITY; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRO-FRACTURING; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ISOCHRON AGE; LHASA TERRANE; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MAGMATISMS; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; NORMAL FAULTS; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC BELTS; PALEOCENE; PORPHYRY COPPERS; PORPHYRY CU DEPOSITS; POST-COLLISIONAL EXTENSIONAL SETTING; SMALL-DIAMETER; SOUTHERN TIBET; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; THRUST ZONE; TIBETAN OROGEN; TIBETANS; TRIASSIC; VOLCANO-SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES;

BASALT; CAVITY RESONATORS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GARNETS; INCLUSIONS; LEAD; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; OSMIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TECTONICS; ZINC;

LEAD DEPOSITS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PORPHYRY;

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

EID: 70350555526     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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