Caves formed within Upper Cretaceous skarns at Bǎiţa Bihor County, Romania: Mineral deposition and speleogenesis

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1693-1703

  Onac, Bogdan P ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

B i a; Bihor County; Cave; Hydrothermal karst; Mineralogy; Romania; Skarn; Speleogenesis

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC CONCENTRATIONS;

CAVES;

CAVE; CRETACEOUS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; KARST; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; SKARN; SPELEOLOGY;

BAITA; BIHOR COUNTY; ROMANIA;

EID: 0036999917     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1693     Document Type: Article

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