Identification of minerals and organic materials in Middle Eocene ironstones from the Bahariya Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-410

  Ciobotǎ, Valerian ^a   Salama, Walid ^b   Tarcea, Nicolae ^a   Rösch, Petra ^a   Aref, Mourtada El ^b   Gaupp, Reinhard ^a   Popp, Jürgen ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

fossiliferous ironstone; micro Raman spectroscopy; mud ironstone; nummulitic ooidal oncoidal ironstone; stromatolitic ironstone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; IRON DEPOSITS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

FOSSILIFEROUS IRONSTONE; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MINERAL MATERIALS; MUD-IRONSTONE; NUMMULITIC-OOIDAL-ONCOIDAL IRONSTONE; ORE-TYPE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; STROMATOLITIC IRONSTONE; UPPER SURFACE; WESTERN DESERT;

IRON ORES;

EID: 84858800079     PISSN: 03770486     EISSN: 10974555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.3047     Document Type: Article

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