Base- and precious-metal deposits in the Basin and Range of Southern California and Southern Nevada - Metallogenic implications of lead isotope studies

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 323-346

  Church, Stanley E ^a   Cox, Dennis P ^b   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Tingley, Joseph V ^c   Vaughn, Robert B ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Lead isotope; Lead zinc deposits; Metallogeny

Indexed keywords

LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144494788     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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