Geochemical characterization of serpentinites at Cabo Ortegal, Northwestern Spain

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Pereira, M Dolores ^a   Peinado, Mercedes ^a   Blanco, Jose Antonio ^a   Yenes, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cabo Ortegal; Geochemistry; Serpentinites; Spain

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ISOTOPES; NONMETALS; OXYGEN;

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; SERPENTINITES; WIDE-RANGE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OUTCROP; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SERPENTINITE; SERPENTINIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CABO ORTEGAL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 48249118748     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.2.317     Document Type: Article

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