Fluid evolution in base-metal sulphide mineral deposits in the metamorphic basement rocks of southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-21

  Baron, Martin ^a   Parnell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base metal sulphide mineralization; Fluid inclusions

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; FRACTURE FLOW; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PALEOZOIC; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13244296994     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.973     Document Type: Article

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