Mineralogy and chemistry of coronadite from middle Cambrian manganese deposits at Wadi Dana, southern Jordan

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-581

  Al Malabeh, Ahmad ^a   El Hasan, Tayel ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Coronadite; Epigenetic genesis; Lateralization; Middle Cambrian; Solid solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649091731     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajas.2009.576.581     Document Type: Article

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