Genesis of vanadium ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-469

  Boni, Maria ^a,b   Terracciano, Rosario ^a   Evans, Noreen J ^c   Laukamp, Carsten ^b,d   Schneider, Jens ^e,f   Bechstädt, Thilo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VANADATE MINERALS;

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOLOGIC SETTING; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MICROTHERMOMETRY;

VANADIUM DEPOSITS;

CARBONATE ROCK; FLUID INCLUSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADATE GROUP; VANADIUM;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; OTAVI; OTJOZONDJUPA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35348908307     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.3.441     Document Type: Article

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