Gahnite in the ~3.75 Ga Isua Greenstone Belt, West Greenland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-124

  Appel, P W U ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gahnite; Greenland; Isua Greenstone Belt

Indexed keywords

GREENSTONE BELT; MINERALOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SPINEL;

GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0034028944     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646100549049     Document Type: Article

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