Mineralogical and chemical studies of volcanic-related argillaceous industrial minerals of the Central American Cordillera (Western El Salvador)

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 517-538

  Dill, H G ^a   Bosse, H R ^a   Kassbohm, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL MINERAL; MINERALOGY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

EL SALVADOR;

EID: 0033946995     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.3.517     Document Type: Article

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