Argillite debris converted to bauxite during karst weathering: Evidence from immobile element geochemistry at the Olmedo Deposit, Sardinia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 607-616

  MacLean, W H ^a   Bonavia, F F ^b   Sanna, G ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Agenzia Governativa Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITE; BAUXITE; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; KARST WEATHERING;

ITALY, SARDINIA;

EID: 0031400212     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050126     Document Type: Article

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