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 discussion

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-193

  Reed, Chris ^a   Wallace, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84865501325     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.191     Document Type: Note

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