The ashele VMS-type Cu-Zn deposit in xinjiang, NW China formed in a rifted arc setting

Resource Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-164

  Wan, Bo ^a   Zhang, Lianchang ^a   Xiang, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altaid orogen; Ashele; Cu Zn VMS deposit; Island arc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZINC;

CHINA;

EID: 77749342164     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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