Geometry and population systematics of a quartz vein set, Holy Island, Anglesey, North Wales

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 17-33

  Stowell, Julia F W ^a   Watson, Adrian P ^a   Hudson, Neil F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; LINEAR TRANSECT ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; POPULATION SYSTEMATICS; QUARTZ; UNITED KINGDOM;

FRACTURE NETWORK; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

UNITED KINGDOM;

DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA;

EID: 0032786140     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.04     Document Type: Article

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