Extensional faults that localize Irish syndiagenetic Zn-Pb Deposits and their reactivation during Variscan compression

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 233-245

  Hitzman, Murray W ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; REACTIVATION; ZINC;

IRELAND;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 0032762590     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.17     Document Type: Article

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