Alunite-jarosite crystallography, thermodynamics, and geochronology

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue , 2000, Pages 453-479

  Stoffregen, R E ^a   Alpers, C N ^b   Jambor, J L ^c  

^a AWK Consulting Engineers Inc   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Leslie Research and Consulting   (Canada)

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EID: 33749855566     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2000.40.9     Document Type: Article

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