Rapid development of negative Ce anomalies in surface waters and contrasting REE patterns in groundwaters associated with Zn-Pb massive sulphide deposits

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 695-723

  Leybourne, Matthew I ^a,b,c   Goodfellow, Wayne D ^a,b   Boyle, Dan R ^b   Hall, Gwendy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; GROUNDWATER; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

CANADA;

EID: 0034087253     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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