Cementation, hydrothermal alteration, and zn-pb mineralization of carbonate breccias in the irish midlands: Textural evidence from the cooleen zone, near silvermines, county Tipperary-a reply

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 194-198

  Wilkinson, J J ^a   Lee, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865446294     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.194     Document Type: Note

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