Carbonate-hosted zinc-lead deposits in the Lower Cambrian of Hunan, South China: A radiogenic (Pb, Sr) isotope study

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1815-1827

  Schneider, Jens ^a   Boni, Maria ^b   Lapponi, Fabio ^b   Bechstädt, Thilo ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION;

CARBONATES; DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; MIXING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK; ZINC;

CHINA;

EID: 0038667881     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.8.1815     Document Type: Article

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