The 1.85Ga Mo mineralization in the Xiong'er Terrane, China: Implications for metallogeny associated with assembly of the Columbia supercontinent

Precambrian Research

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 220-232

  Li, N ^a   Chen, Y J ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c   Yao, J M ^b   Sun, Y L ^b   Li, J ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Columbia supercontinent; East Qinling Mo belt; Longmendian; North China Craton; Re Os isochron age

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESOZOIC; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SUPERCONTINENT; TERRANE;

CHINA; HENAN; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79952623719     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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