U-Pb dating of stockwork zircons from the eastern Iberian Pyrite Belt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-10

  Nesbitt, R W ^a   Pascual, E ^b   Fanning, C M ^c   Toscano, M ^b   Saez R ^b   Almodovar G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Devonian; Hydrothermal processes; Iberian Pyrite Belt; SHRIMP; Zircons

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0032944918     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.1.0007     Document Type: Article

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