Borate deposits of northern Sonora, Mexico: stratigraphy, tectonics, stable isotopes, and fluid inclusions

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 510-523

  Miranda Gasca, Miguel A ^a,c   Gomez Caballero, José Arturo ^b   Eastoe, Christopher J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Col Ciudad Chapultepec ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORATE DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

MEXICO, SONORA STATE;

EID: 0031693094     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.4.510     Document Type: Article

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