Emeralds in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia: Two tectonic settings for one mineralization

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 597-600

  Branquet, Yannick ^a   Laumonier, Bernard ^b   Cheilletz, Alain ^a   Giuliani, Gaston ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEMS; TECTONICS;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EASTERN CORDILLERA; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EVAPORITE DISSOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MIDDLE MIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

MINERALOGY;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EMERALD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL;

EID: 0032695297     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0597:EITECO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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