Genesis of adakitic porphyry and tectonic controls on the Gangdese Miocene porphyry copper belt in the Tibetan orogen

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Hou, ZengQian ^a   Gao, YongFeng ^b   Meng, XiangJin ^a   Qu, XiaoMing ^a   Huang, Wei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Shijiazhuang College of Economy   (China)

^c Xizang Bureau of Geol/Mineral Rsrc   (China)

Author keywords

Adakitic rock; Collisional orogen; Porphyry copper deposit; Tectonic control; Tibet

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; FAULTING; TECTONICS;

ADAKITIC ROCKS; COLLISIONAL; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; TECTONIC CONTROL; TIBET;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

ADAKITE; COPPER; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; PORPHYRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 84977992621     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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