Geochronology of the sequence hosting the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag orebody, Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-661

  Page, Rodney W ^a,b,c   Stevens, B P J ^b   Gibson, G M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROKEN HILL DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; ORE FORMATION; PALEOPROTEROZOIC METASEDIMENTARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROL;

ISOTOPES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; ORE DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

HOST ROCK; LEAD; ORE BODY; SILVER; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 15444371056     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.4.633     Document Type: Article

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