Sub-basin-specific Pb and Sr sources in Zn-Pb deposits of the Lower Windsor Group, Nova Scotia, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 911-919

  Sangster, D F ^a,c   Savard, M M ^a   Kontak, D J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; GALENA; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD 210; ORE DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK; STRONTIUM;

CANADA; MARITIMES BASIN; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0032464207     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.6.911     Document Type: Article

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