Kaolinisation, mineralisation and structures in biotite granite at Bodelva, St. Austell, Cornwall

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-317

  Mueller, S ^a   Scott, P W ^a   Evans, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Goonvean Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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