Source or sink? An assessment of the role of the Old Red Sandstone in the genesis of the Irish Zn-Pb deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-50

  Everett, C E ^a   Rye, D M ^a   Ellam, R M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS;

GRANITE; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASE METAL; BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONIFEROUS; FRACTURE FLOW; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; OLD RED SANDSTONE; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; SOURCE ROCK; ZINC;

IRELAND;

EID: 0141677729     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.31     Document Type: Article

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