Zircon crystallization and the lifetimes of ore-forming magmatic-hydrothermal systems

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 731-734

  von Quadt, Albrecht ^a   Erni, Michaela ^a   Martinek, Klara ^a   Moll, Melanie ^a   Peytcheva, Irena ^a   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; COPPER ORE; HIGH-PRECISION; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE PULSE; ORE DEPOSITION; ORE FLUIDS; ORE FORMATION; ORE-FORMING; SHORT PERIODS; STANDARD DEVIATION; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS; TIME INTERVAL; U-PB AGES; ZIRCON CRYSTALS;

LEAD; ORES; ZIRCON; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

EXTRACTION;

COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY); ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA; BAJO DE LA ALUMBRERA; BINGHAM; CATAMARCA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 79960596005     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31966.1     Document Type: Article

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