Triassic mineralization with cretaceous overprint in the dahu au-mo deposit, xiaoqinling gold province: Constraints from shrimp monazite u-th-pb geochronology

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 543-552

  Li, Nuo ^a   Chen, Yan Jing ^a,b   Fletcher, Ian R ^c   Zeng, Qing Tao ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dahu Au Mo deposit; Hydrothermal monazite; North China Craton; SHRIMP U Th Pb geochronology; Xiaoqinling terrane

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; MONAZITE; ORE DEPOSIT; QUARTZ VEIN; SHRIMP DATING; TRIASSIC; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 79960338050     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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