Noble Metals in Cretaceous/Tertiary Sediments from El Kef

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 139-142

  Kuslys, Martinas ^a   Krähenbühl, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial material; Iridium; Trace element anomaly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009255066     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: 21933405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1983.34.3.139     Document Type: Article

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