Cu and Pb–Zn–Ba deposits in the Great Duchy of Luxembourg: role of brines penetrating the basement and place in the post-Variscan tectonic history of Western Europe

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This work has been financed by the National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg (MNHL). Some data were acquired from samples from MNHL or collected in the field by the authors. We are grateful to Ch. Peiffert and MC Boiron for help in achieving and treating the LA-ICP-MS data and to Lise Salsi from the SCMEM for the SEM observations. This work has been carried out thanks to the access to the analytical capabilities of the GeoRessources laboratory (Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CREGU), in particular types of equipment financed by the CPER programme (national funds-Lorraine Region-FEDER), and Labex Ressources 21 (supported by the French National Research Agency through the national program 'Investissements d'avenir' with reference ANR-10-LABX-21-LABEX RESSOURCES 21). Dr Fusswinkel and an anonymous reviewer are warmly thanked for their detailed suggestions and comments which greatly helped to improve the manuscript.