The «flysch Rosso» shales from the southern Apennines, Italy. 2. The origin of the colour

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-87

  Fiore, Saverio ^a   Piccarreta, Giuseppe ^b   Tateo, Fabio ^a   Santaloia, Francesca ^c  

^a Istituto di Ricerca sulle Argille   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Colour; Geochentistry; Mineralogy; Shales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142000564     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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