Manganese-rich assemblages in the Barrhorn Unit, Turtmanntal, Central Alps, Switzerland

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 229-248

  Brugger, Joël ^a,b   Meisser, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Manganese deposit; Metamorphism; Rare earth elements; Swiss Alps; Synsedimentary exhalative deposit

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS; SYNSEDIMENTARY EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT;

CARBONATES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

PETROLOGY;

CARBONATE GROUP; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; METAMORPHISM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 33744790586     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.1.229     Document Type: Article

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