Zinc isotope variation in hydrothermal systems: Preliminary evidence from the Irish midlands ore field

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 583-590

  Wilkinson, J J ^a,b   Weiss, D J ^a,b   Mason, T F D ^a,b   Coles, B J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE; SPHALERITE; ZINC ISOTOPES;

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LEAD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCKS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; ZINC;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORE DEPOSIT; ZINC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24044452554     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.3.583     Document Type: Article

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