Rock-magnetic and oxide microscopic studies of the el laco iron ore deposits, chilean andes, and implications for magnetic anomaly modeling

International Geology Review

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 533-547

  Alva Valdivia, L M ^a   Rivas, M L ^a   Goguitchaichvili, A ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a   Gonzalez, J A ^a   Morales, J ^a   Gomez S ^a   Henriquez F ^b   Nystrom J O ^c   Naslund, R H ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Swedish Museum of Natural History   (Switzerland)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSCOPY; ORE DEPOSIT;

ANDES; CHILE; EL LACO;

EID: 0141836253     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.45.6.533     Document Type: Article

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