Offshore occurrences of heavy-mineral placers, northwest Galicia, Spain

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 39-59

  Gent, Malcolm Richard ^a   Menéndez Alvarez, Mario ^a   García Iglesias, Jesús José María ^a   Taraño Álvarez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industrial minerals; Marine geology; Mining; Paleo environment; Placer mineral resources; Sediment sampling

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS; PLACER DEPOSITION; WATER-JET SEDIMENTS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

MINERALS;

INDUSTRIAL MINERAL; PLACER DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN MARGIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 22344440236     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190590959939     Document Type: Article

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