Petromagnetic properties in the Naica mining district, Chihuahua, Mexico: Searching for source of mineralization

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-31

  Alva Valdivia, L M ^a   Goguitchaichvili, A ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SURVEY; MINERALIZATION;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20644448227     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352459     Document Type: Article

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