Geochronology and geochemistry of granitoid rocks from the Zhibo syngenetic volcanogenic iron ore deposit in the Western Tianshan Mountains (NW-China): Constraints on the age of mineralization and tectonic setting

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 585-596

  Zhang, Xi ^a,b,c   Tian, Jingquan ^d   Gao, Jun ^a,b   Klemd, Reiner ^e   Dong, Lianhui ^f   Fan, Junjia ^g   Jiang, Tuo ^a,b,c   Hu, Chengjian ^d   Qian, Qing ^b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d The third Geological Brigade of Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development   (China)

^g CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Granitoid rocks; The Zhibo iron ore deposit; Tianshan; U Pb zircon ages

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ORE; MINERALIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84863877178     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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