Fracture-controlled fluid flow in the Lower Palaeozoic basement rocks of Ireland: implications for the genesis of Irish-type Zn-Pb deposits

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 247-276

  Everett, C E ^a   Wilkinson, J J ^b   Rye, D M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ZINC;

IRELAND;

CARBONIFEROUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032777324     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.18     Document Type: Article

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