Gravity lineaments and Carboniferous-hosted base metal deposits of the Irish Midlands

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 313-321

  O'Reilly, B M ^a   Readman, P W ^a   Murphy, T ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; LEAD; LINEAMENT; MINERALIZATION; ZINC;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033405049     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.21     Document Type: Article

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