Himalayan leucogranites: A review of geochemical and isotopic characteristics, timing of formation, genesis, and rare metal mineralization

HW Cao, QM Pei, M Santosh, GM Li, LK Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
As prototypes of crust-derived remelted S-type granite, Himalayan leucogranites have
considerable relevance in crustal evolution and associated metallogeny. However, given …

Enrichment of rare earth elements in the early Cambrian Zhijin phosphorite deposit, SW China: Evidence from francolite micro-petrography and geochemistry

Z Zhang, Y Jiang, H Niu, J Xing, S Yan, A Li… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Zhijin phosphorite deposit is a giant early Cambrian rare earth element (REE) deposit,
with particular enrichment in heavy REEs, and is of high economic significance. The REEs of …

Apatite as an alternative petrochronometer to trace the evolution of magmatic systems containing metamict zircon

HC Yu, KF Qiu, CJ Hetherington, D Chew… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2021 - Springer
Obtaining reliable petrochronological and geochemical data from metamict zircon may be
challenging. Metamict zircon and crystalline apatite from the Meiwu granodiorite and its …

Evidence of vertical slab tearing in the Late Triassic Qinling Orogen (central China) from multiproxy geochemical and isotopic imaging

KF Qiu, J Deng, DY He, G Rosenbaum… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The process of slab tearing profoundly affects interchanges of material and energy between
the lithosphere and asthenosphere and has been invoked as a trigger of magmatism in …

Revisiting Phanerozoic evolution of the Qinling Orogen (East Tethys) with perspectives of detrital zircon

HC Yu, KF Qiu, F Pirajno, PC Zhang, WQ Dong - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents 5383 detrital zircon U–Pb and 2079 Lu–Hf isotopic data, shedding new
light on the Phanerozoic tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogen. The Silurian rocks are …

Exhuming and preserving epizonal orogenic Au‐Sb deposits in rapidly uplifting orogenic settings

HC Yu, KF Qiu, J Deng, R Zhu, L Mathieu, SX Sai… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Epizonal orogenic Au‐Sb deposits are generally Phanerozoic in age, possibly as a
consequence of erosion that can entirely remove older mineral deposits in rapidly uplifting …

Apatite trace element composition as an indicator of ore deposit types: A machine learning approach

KF Qiu, T Zhou, D Chew, ZL Hou, A Müller… - American …, 2024 - degruyter.com
The diverse suite of trace elements incorporated into apatite in ore-forming systems has
important applications in petrogenesis studies of mineral deposits. Trace element variations …

[HTML][HTML] Petrogenesis of granitic pegmatite veins: Perspectives from major element and B isotope in tourmalines, Chakabeishan, Northern Tibetan Plateau

W Sun, Z Zhao, Y Niu, C Wei, G Dong, X Li, W Yuan… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
The petrogenesis of regionally zoned granitic pegmatite veins remains debated. Because of
the economic significance, we carried out a study on the Chakabeishan (CKBS) pegmatite …

[HTML][HTML] Buried Triassic rocks and vertical distribution of ores in the giant Jiaodong gold province (China) revealed by apatite xenocrysts in hydrothermal quartz veins

HC Yu, KF Qiu, D Chew, C Yu, ZJ Ding, T Zhou, S Li… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obtaining geological information at depth by lower-cost proxies is important. Apatite grains
from hydrothermal quartz veins and their host K-feldspar altered granites from the Jiaodong …

[HTML][HTML] Visual interpretation of machine learning: genetical classification of apatite from various ore sources

T Zhou, YW Cai, MG An, F Zhou, CL Zhi, XC Sun… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Machine learning provides solutions to a diverse range of problems in high-dimensional
datasets in geosciences. However, machine learning is generally criticized for being an …