Genesis of the hussainiyat ironstone deposit, Western Desert, Iraq

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-282

  Al Bassam, K S ^a   Tamar Agha, M Y ^b  

^a SE of Geological Survey and Mining ^*  (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRONSTONE; JURASSIC;

IRAQ;

EID: 0031823967     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050146     Document Type: Article

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