Devonian and carboniferous arcs of the oyu tolgoi porphyry Cu-Au district, South Gobi region, Mongolia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 306-328

  Wainwright, Alan J ^a   Tosdal, Richard M ^a   Forster, Charles N ^b   Kirwin, Douglas J ^c   Lewis, Peter D ^b,e   Wooden, Joseph L ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MS 901 ^*  (Canada)

^c El Dorado Gold ^*  (Thailand)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e El Dorado Gold   (Canada)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER DEPOSITS; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS; CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT; NORTH CHINA CRATON; QUARTZ MONZODIORITE; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; STRUCTURAL SEQUENCES; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CARBONIFEROUS; COPPER; DEVONIAN; EXHUMATION; GOLD; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MOBILE BELT; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PORPHYRY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

CHINA; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; OYU TOLGOI; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON; SOUTH GOBI; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79251488161     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30137.1     Document Type: Article

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