Porphyry and epithermal deposits and 40Ar/ 39Ar geochronology of the Baguio district, Philippines

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1335-1363

  Waters, Patrick J ^a   Cooke, David R ^b   Gonzales, Rene I ^a   Phillips, David ^c  

^a 1101 Pearlbank Centre Building   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; MICA; MINERALOGY; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILVER; SILVER DEPOSITS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGILLIC ALTERATION ZONE; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PORPHYRY COPPERS; PORPHYRY DEPOSITS; RIDGE SUBDUCTION;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOTITE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIKE; EOCENE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; NEOGENE; PORPHYRY; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SULFIDE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BAGUIO; BENGUET; CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 81855172356     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.8.1335     Document Type: Article

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