Metal sources of the Navan carbonate-hosted base metal deposit, Ireland: Nd and Sr isotope evidence for deep hydrothermal convection

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 803-819

  Walshaw, R D ^a   Menuge, J F ^b   Tyrrell, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Irish type; Navan; Nd Srisotopes; Zn Pb mineralisation

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; CARBONATE ROCK; CONVECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37849189510     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0100-8     Document Type: Article

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