Moldavites from the Cheb Basin, Czech Republic

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1145-1179

  Skála, Roman ^a,b   Strnad, Ladislav ^b   McCammon, Catherine ^c   Čada, Miroslav ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d Minerály Čada ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOR; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MOLDAVITE; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WEIGHT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CHEB BASIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARLOVARSKY;

EID: 58549096273     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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