Geochemical and petrographic studies of Ta mineralization in the Nuweibi albite granite complex, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-179

  Helba, H ^a   Trumbull, R B ^b   Morteani, G ^c   Khalil, S O ^a   Arslan, A ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBITE GRANITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; TANTALUM;

EGYPT, EASTERN DESERT;

EID: 0030804893     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050082     Document Type: Article

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