Barite mineralisation in the south Um Monqul area, north Eastern Desert, Egypt

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 485-489

  Wetait, Mohamed A ^a   Botros, Nagy S ^a  

^a Mit Ghamr Code No 35611 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGILLIZATION; BARITE; DACITE; GRANITE; MINERALIZATION;

EGYPT, EASTERN DESERT, UM MONQUL;

EID: 0031427744     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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