Copper mineralization prevented by Arc-root delamination during Alpine-Himalayan collision in central Iran

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 855-865

  Haschke, Michael ^a   Ahmadian, Jamshid ^b   Murata, Mamoru ^c   Mcdonald, Iain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC ROOTS; BACK-ARC; COPPER MINERALIZATION; COPPER ORE; DENSE MELT; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; LITHOSPHERIC; MAGMATISMS; MIOCENE; SR ISOTOPE RATIO;

COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DELAMINATION; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STEEL SHEET; STRONTIUM; YTTERBIUM;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARC-ARC COLLISION; ASTHENOSPHERE; COPPER; DELAMINATION; EOCENE; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

IRAN;

EID: 77958578609     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.4.855     Document Type: Article

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