In-situ U-Pb, Hf and Re-Os isotopic analyses of the Xiangshan Ni-Cu-Co deposit in Eastern Tianshan (Xinjiang), Central Asia Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the timing and genesis of the mineralization

Lithos

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 547-562

  Han, Chunming ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Ao, Songjian ^a   Zhang, Jien ^a   Qu, Wenjun ^c   Du, Andao ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

Author keywords

Re Os isotopic data; U Pb geochronology; Xiangshan intrusion; Zircon

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAFIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; OROGENIC BELT; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SULFIDE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIANGXI; XIANGSHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 78649442568     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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