Hydrothermal macroscopic Fe-sepiolite from Oujda Mounts (Middle Atlas, Eastern Morocco)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 81-88

  Arranz, Enrique ^a   Lago, Marceliano ^a   Bastida, Joaquín ^b   Galé, Carlos ^a   Soriano, Jesús ^c   Ubide, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basalt; Crystal chemistry; Hydrothermal; Sepiolite; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; SEPIOLITE;

AFRICA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MIDDLE ATLAS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 52749085249     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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