Specularitic iron ores and shear zones in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero District

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 134-138

  Rosiere C A ^a   Rios, F J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Quadril tero Ferr ferro; Shear zones; Specularitic iron ore

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SYNCHROTRONS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MINERALISATION; SHEAR ZONE; SPECULARITIC IRON ORE;

IRON ORES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; ORE BODY; SHEAR ZONE;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846415526     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327506X139002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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