The Lavrion mines: A unique site of geological and mineralogical heritage

P Voudouris, V Melfos, C Mavrogonatos, A Photiades… - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Lavrion area corresponds to the western part of the Attic-Cycladic metamorphic belt, in
the back-arc region of the active Hellenic subduction zone. Between the Eocene and the …

Genesis of the Abbasabad epithermal base metal deposit, NW Iran: Evidences from ore geology, fluid inclusion and O–S isotopes

H Kouhestani, MAA Mokhtari, K Qin, X Zhang - Ore Geology Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Abbasabad epithermal Pb–Zn–Cu deposit is located in the Tarom–Hashtjin
Metallogenic Belt (THMB), northwest Iran. Mineralization occurs as quartz-base metal sulfide …

New findings of ancient Greek silver sources

M Vaxevanopoulos, J Blichert-Toft, G Davis… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last 60 years, much analytical research has sought to determine the ore sources of
ancient Greek silver artefacts. Lead isotopic analysis has played a key role in this endeavor …

[HTML][HTML] Geochronology, pyrite trace elements, and in-situ S isotopes of the giant Nagengkangqie'er silver deposit in the Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt, Northern …

XM Zhang, YJ Li, ST Zhang, WW Li, CW Xu… - Ore Geology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nagengkangqie'er (Nageng) silver deposit, situated in the Eastern Kunlun
Orogenic Belt (EKOB), Northwestern China. It contains 5,070 tons of contained silver at a …

Molybdenite Re-Os geochronology and conditions of formation of potassic and sodic-calcic alteration associated with the Plaka porphyry Mo-Cu system, Lavrion …

P Voudouris, V Melfos, M Melfou, A Tarantola… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Plaka porphyry Mo-Cu system occurs in the world-class Lavrion Ag-Pb-Zn
district in Attica, southern Greece. It is spatially associated with a granodiorite porphyry that …

25 Centuries of lead white manufacturing processes identified by 13C and 14C carbon isotopes

C Messager, L Beck, D Blamart, P Richard… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic lead carbonates, cerussite and hydrocerussite, have been used for artistic and
cosmetic purposes since Antiquity. Commonly known as lead white, the recipes for the …

Geology and COS-Pb isotopes of the Fangyangshan Cu-Pb-Zn deposit in the Baoshan block (SW China): Implications for metal source and ore genesis

R Xu, W Chen, MG Deng, WC Li, FC Chen, CK Lai… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Fangyangshan deposit is the first Cu-rich Pb-Zn deposit discovered in the Baoshan
block (SW China), the northern continuation of the Sibumasu terrane in mainland SE Asia …

Lateral termination of a Cycladic‐style detachment system (Hymittos, Greece)

MJ Coleman, DA Schneider, B Grasemann… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The bedrock of Hymittos, Attic peninsula, Greece, exposes a pair of low‐angle
crustal‐scale ductile‐then‐brittle detachment faults. The uppermost detachment fault …

Geomorphology of Abandoned Underground Slate Mines in Czechia

K Schuchová, J Lenart, V Stacke - Geoheritage, 2023 - Springer
We conducted one of the first complex geomorphological investigations of underground
abandoned slate mines in Czechia, Central Europe. Sixty types of subterranean geomorphic …

Characterization of the inhalable fraction (< 10 μm) of soil from highly urbanized and industrial environments: magnetic measurements, bioaccessibility, Pb isotopes …

S Menegaki, E Kelepertzis, Z Kypritidou… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Soil in urban and industrial areas is one of the main sinks of pollutants. It is well known that
there is a strong link between metal (loid) s bioaccessibility by inhalation pathway and …