Metallic mineral deposits in the Nordic countries

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Weihed, Pär ^a   Eilu, Pasi ^b   Larsen, Rune B ^c   Stendal, Henrik ^d   Tontti, Mikko ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COPPER; EUROPEAN UNION; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 44649157759     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i1/017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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