δ34S of lower Carboniferous anhydrite, cumbria and its implications for barite mineralization in the northern Pennines

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 597-600

  Crowley, S F ^a   Bottrell, S H ^b   Mccarthy, M D B ^b   Ward, J ^c   Young, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Edinburgh Oil and Gas Plc   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barite; Dinantian; Evaporites; Mineralization; Pennines

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; CARBONIFEROUS; DINANTIAN; EVAPORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SULPHUR;

UK, ENGLAND, PENNINES;

EID: 0030931745     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.4.0597     Document Type: Article

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