Permo-Triassic unconformity-related Au-Pd mineralisation, South Devon, UK: New insights and the European perspective

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-44

  Shepherd, Tom J ^a,c   Bouch, Jon E ^a   Gunn, Andrew G ^a   McKervey, John A ^a   Naden, Jonathan ^a   Scrivener, Richard C ^a   Styles, Michael T ^a   Large, Duncan E ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b British Geological Survey ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Au Pd; Red bed; South west England; Unconformity related metallogenesis

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; PRECIOUS METAL;

DEVON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22344445646     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0459-3     Document Type: Article

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