Late Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rock-hosted stratiform copper deposits in South China: Their possible link to the supercontinent cycle

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Zhao, Xin Fu ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Li, Jian Wei ^b   Qi, Liang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Dongchuan type Cu deposit; Late Paleoproterozoic; Rift basin; South China; Supercontinent cycle

Indexed keywords

BORNITE; CHALCOPYRITE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; COPPER; DIKE; DOLOSTONE; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; PANGAEA; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; SULFIDE GROUP; SUPERCONTINENT;

CHINA; DONGCHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 84872663771     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-012-0445-0     Document Type: Article

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