Karst bauxites in the Campania Apennines (southern Italy): A new approach

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-432

  Mondillo, Nicola ^a   Balassone, Giuseppina ^a   Boni, Maria ^a   Rollinson, Gavyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Campania region; Genetic model; Geochemistry; Mineralogy and petrography; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855857225     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2011PM0028     Document Type: Article

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