Contrasting sources for lead in Cu-polymetallic and Zn-Pb mineralisation in Ireland: Constraints from lead isotopes

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 495-511

  Kinnaird, Judith A ^a   Ixer, Robert A ^b   Barreiro, Barbara ^c   Nex, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper polymetallic; Ireland; Lead isotopes; Zinc lead

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PALEOZOIC; ZINC;

IRELAND;

EID: 0036298444     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-001-0252-5     Document Type: Article

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