Pb-isotope evidence for the timing of episodic mineralization in the Llanrwst and Llanfair-Talhaiarn orefields, North Wales

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-97

  Haggerty, R ^a   Cliff, R A ^b   Bottrell, S H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALENA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN;

UK, WALES;

EID: 0029750255     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00225399     Document Type: Article

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