A newly dated Cretaceous hydrothermal event in the Iberian ranges (Eastern Spain) and its significance within the Mesozoic thermal history in the Iberian Peninsula

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 243-259

  Tritlla, J ^a   Sole J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Espadan Ranges; Hg ore deposit; Hydrothermal system; Iberian Peninsula; Mesozoic; Muscovite; Thermal events

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033503693     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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