The genetic association of adakites and Cu-Au ore deposits

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 691-703

  Sun, Weidong ^a,b   Zhang, Hong ^a,c   Ling, Ming Xing ^a,c   Ding, Xing ^a,c   Chung, Sun Lin ^d   Zhou, Jibin ^a   Yang, Xiao Yong ^b   Fan, Weiming ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adakite; Cu Au ore deposit; slab melting; subduction

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PARTIAL MELTING; SOURCE ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 79952013116     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.507362     Document Type: Review

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