Recent advances in the study of the stratigraphy and the magmatism of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 19, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tomas Oliveira J ^a   Pereira, Zélia ^a   Rosa, Carlos ^b   Rosa, Diogo ^a,c   Matos, João ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Iberian Pyrite Belt; Magmatism; Portugal; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649122061     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2005.00123     Document Type: Article

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