The Geology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Talc Deposits of Puebla de Lillo (Cantabrian Zone, Northern Spain)

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1277-1296

  Tornos, Fernando ^a   Spiro, Baruch F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033676939     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.6.1277     Document Type: Article

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