Geochronology of the Xihuashan Tungsten Deposit in Southeastern China: Constraints from Re-Os and U-Pb Dating

Resource Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-423

  Wang, Fang Yue ^a,b   Li, Cong Ying ^b,c   Ling, Ming Xing ^b   Zhang, Hong ^b,c   Sun, Ya Li ^b   Sun, Weidong ^a,b  

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

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Nanling; Re Os; Tungsten deposit; Xihuashan; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053214388     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2011.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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