Economic potential of the ultramafic rocks of Jamaica and Tobago: Two contrasting geological settings in the Caribbean

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 718-723

  Scott, P W ^a   Jackson, T A ^b   Dunham, A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

JAMAICA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0033375478     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050230     Document Type: Review

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