The naica project- A multidisciplinary study of the largest gypsum crystals of the world3

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Forti, Paolo ^a   Sanna, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Italian Institute of Speleology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CAVE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GYPSUM; MINE; PETROGENESIS;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NAICA;

EID: 78549287497     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2010/v33i1/004     Document Type: Article

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