Northern Greece's industrial minerals: Production and environmental technology developments

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 217-227

  Arvanitidis, Nikos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Applications; Environmental technology; Industrial minerals; Production

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITE; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; OLIVINE; VERMICULITE; WOLLASTONITE;

AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE TREATMENT;

MINERALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; MINERALS INDUSTRY;

GREECE;

EID: 0032105239     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(97)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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