Review of the stable isotope geochemistry of Mesozoic igneous rocks and Cu-Au deposits along the middle-lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, China

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 741-757

  Yang, Xiao Yong ^a,b   Lee, Insung ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

hydrogen; middle lower Yangtze metallogenic province; oxygen isotopes; porphyry Cu Au deposits; stable isotope geochemistry; sulphur

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRETACEOUS; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LITERATURE REVIEW; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PORPHYRY; SOURCE ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CHINA; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 79952024532     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.533881     Document Type: Review

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