Rn-generated 206Pb in hydrothermal sulphide minerals and bitumen from the Ventersdorp Contact Reef, South Africa

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 171-191

  Zartman, R E ^a   Frimmel, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ VEIN; RADON; SULFIDE GROUP; URANINITE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0001454752     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01161727     Document Type: Article

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