Rapid transition to long-lived deep crustal magmatic maturation and the formation of giant porphyry-related mineralization (Yanacocha, Peru)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 505-515

  Chiaradia, Massimo ^a   Merino, Daniel ^a   Spikings, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adakite like; geochronology; gold; magmatism; radiogenic isotopes; Yanacocha

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE-LIKE; ADAKITES; CLINOPYROXENES; CRUSTAL LEVELS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOBAROMETRY; HIGH SULFIDATION; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MAGMATISMS; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; RAPID TRANSITIONS; UPPER CRUST;

FELDSPAR; FRAGRANCES; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; METALLIC GLASS; MINERALOGY; PARAFFIN WAXES; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ADAKITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449707094     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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