Origin of the Rubian carbonate-hosted magnesite deposit, Galicia, NW Spain: Mineralogical, REE, fluid inclusion and isotope evidence

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 713-733

  Kilias, Stephanos P ^a   Pozo, Manuel ^b   Bustillo, Manuel ^c   Stamatakis, Michael G ^a   Calvo, José P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dolomitisation; Magnesite; Rubian; Spain

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DELAMINATION; DOLOMITIZATION; FLUID INCLUSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGNESITE; METASEDIMENT; ORE BODY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

RUBIA;

EID: 33749650167     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0075-5     Document Type: Article

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