Tectonic-magmatic-metallogenic system, Tongling ore cluster region, Anhui Province, China

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 449-476

  Deng, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Qingfei ^a,b   Xiao, Changhao ^a,b   Yang, Liqiang ^a,b   Liu, Huan ^a,b   Gong, Qingjie ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

magmatism; Mesozoic ore deposits; NE China; ore forming process; structures and ore deposition; Tongling district

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IMMISCIBILITY; IRON; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; SULFUR; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC;

ANHUI; CHINA; TONGLING;

EID: 79952027602     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.501538     Document Type: Article

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