New idria serpentinite: A land management dilemma

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-22

  Coleman, R G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; LAND MANAGEMENT; REMEDIATION; SERPENTINIZATION; TECTONICS; TOXICITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, NEW IDRIA;

EID: 0030513012     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.ii.1.9     Document Type: Article

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