The magma and metal source of giant porphyry-type ore deposits, based on lead isotope microanalysis of individual fluid inclusions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 267-277

  Pettke, Thomas ^a,b   Oberli, Felix ^a   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Laser ablation ICP MS; Lead isotopes; Post collisional ore deposit; Proterozoic subduction metasomatism; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPES; PROTEROZOIC; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; TECTONICS;

LEAD DEPOSITS;

COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; LEAD ISOTOPE; METASOMATISM; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

QUESTA;

EID: 77954656244     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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