Sulfur isotope distibution in Late Silurian volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits of the Hill End Trough, eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-141

  Downes, P M ^a   Seccombe, P K ^b  

^a Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hill End Trough; Lachlan Fold Belt; New South Wales; Silurian; Sulfur isotopes; Volcanic hosted massive sulfides

Indexed keywords

MASSIVE SULFIDE; SILURIAN; SULFUR ISOTOPE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 1842853934     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1400-0952.2003.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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