Lead isotope systematics of the Weishancheng Au-Ag belt, Tongbai Mountains, central China: Implication for ore genesis

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 656-676

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Chen, Yanjing ^b,c   Yang, Yan ^c   Deng, Jun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Henan province; lead isotopic systematics; stratabound orogenic style mineral systems; Tongbai Mountains; Weishancheng Au Ag belt

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; SILVER; SOURCE ROCK; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CHINA; HENAN; TONGBAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78649786780     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.496196     Document Type: Article

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