Unlocking the applications of automated mineral analysis

Geology Today

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 226-235

  Pirrie, Duncan ^a   Rollinson, Gavyn K ^b  

^a HELFORD GEOSCIENCE LLP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859865381     PISSN: 02666979     EISSN: 13652451     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2011.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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