Chapter 16 High-Resolution Heavy Mineral Analysis (HRHMA): A Brief Summary

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 433-436

  Mange, Maria A ^a   Wright, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colour and morphological categories; grain morphology; heavy mineral varieties; zircon tourmaline apatite varieties

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349131450     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(07)58016-7     Document Type: Review

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