Granitic magmatism and metallogeny of southwestern North America

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 315, Issue , 1996, Pages 261-280

  Barton, Mark D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Granite; Hydrothermal processes; Isotopes; Ore deposits

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COPPER ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD ALLOYS; GRANITE; IRON ALLOYS; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; SILVER ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; ZINC ALLOYS;

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; CORDILLERA; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FIRST-ORDER FILTERS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMATICS; REGIONAL VARIATION; STABLE CONVERGENCE;

PROCESS CONTROL;

CORDILLERA; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84871208450     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2315-9.261     Document Type: Article

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