Podiform chromitites: Their composition, origin and environment of formation

Episodes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-252

  Robinson, Paul T ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^b   Malpas, John ^b   Bai, Wen Ji ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 0031283859     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1997/v20i4/007     Document Type: Article

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