Coesite discovered from the podiform chromitite in the Luobusha ophiolite, Tibet

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 651-660

  Yang, Jing Sui ^a   Bai, Wen Ji ^a   Fang, Qing Song ^a   Yan, Bing Gang ^a   Rong, He ^a   Chen, Song Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coesite; Luobusha ophiolite; Podiform chromitite; Tibet plateau; TiFe alloy

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344293579     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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