REE, Mn, Fe, Mg and C, O isotopic geochemistry of calcites from Furong tin deposit, South China: Evidence for the genesis of the hydrothermal ore-forming fluids

Resource Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-34

  Shuang, Yan ^a,b   Bi, Xian Wu ^a   Hu, Rui Zhong ^a   Peng, Jian Tang ^a   Li, Hang ^b   Li, Da Hua ^b   Zhu, Chang Sheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resource   (China)

Author keywords

C; Calcite; Furong tin deposit; O isotopes; Ore forming fluid; Rare earth element

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

CHINA; NANLING;

EID: 77950228145     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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