Dating of alteration episodes related to mercury mineralization in the Almadén district, Spain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 287-298

  Hall, Cris M ^a   Higueras, Pablo L ^b   Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Lunar, Rosario ^c   Dong, Hailing ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Almaden Spain; Alteration; Mercury ores; Mineralization

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALTERATION; MERCURY MINERALIZATION; PALAEOZOIC;

SPAIN, CASTILLE-LA MANCHA, CIUDAD REAL, ALMADEN;

EID: 0030850268     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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