Ni-rich spinel at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary of El Kef, Tunisia

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 365-372

  Robin, Eric ^a   Rocchia, Robert ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; METEORITE; MINERALOGY; SPINEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

TUNISIA, EL KEF;

EID: 0031757235     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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