Presence of rare-earth elements in black ferromanganese coatings from vântului cave (Romania)

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 128-131

  Onac, Bogdan P ^a   Pedersen, Rolf B ^b   Tysseland, Magne ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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