High Sr/Y Magmas Reflect Arc Maturity, High Magmatic Water Content, and Porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au Potential: Examples from the Tethyan Arcs of Central and Eastern Iran and Western Pakistan

Economic Geology - Tập 107 Số 2 - Trang 295-332 - 2012
Jeremy P. Richards1, Terry L. Spell2, Esmaeil Rameh1, Abdul Razique3, Tim D. Fletcher4
1Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E3
2Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4010
3Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
4Barrick Gold UK, 254 Radcliffe Road, Bolton BL31RS, United Kingdom

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