TOURMAL: Software package for tourmaline, tourmaline-rich rocks and related ore deposits

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 947-959

  Yavuz, Fuat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Binary diagram; Electron microprobe analysis; Quick basic; Ternary diagram; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ORE DEPOSIT; TOURMALINE;

EID: 0031462754     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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