Fe-Cu deposits in the Kangdian region, SW China: A Proterozoic IOCG (iron-oxide-copper-gold) metallogenic province

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 731-747

  Zhao, Xin Fu ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

China; IOCG deposit; Kangdian district; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COPPER; DOLOSTONE; HOST ROCK; IRON; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTITIONING; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SILTSTONE; SLATE;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 80255129421     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0342-y     Document Type: Article

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