High-Al podiform chromitites in dunite-harzburgite complexes of the Sangun zone, central Chugoku district, Southwest Japan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 295-302

  Matsumoto, I ^a   Arai, S ^b   Yamauchi, H ^c  

^a Dowa Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITES; DUNITE; HARZBURGITE; PODIFORM;

JAPAN, CHUGOKU;

EID: 0031413278     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(97)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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