Are the granites of the Aue-Schwarzenberg Zone (Erzgebirge, Germany) a major source for metalliferous ore deposits? A geochemical, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic, and geochronological study

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-184

  Forster H J ^a   Romer, R L ^b   Gottesmann, B ^b   Tischendorf, G ^c   Rhede, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alteration; Erzgebirge; Granites; Sr Nd Pb isotopic composition; U mineralization; U Th Pb ages; Uraninite; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORE DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANINITE;

AUE SCHWARZENBERG; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 76249083248     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2009/0138     Document Type: Article

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