Lead isotopic analysis of copper ores from the sierra el aramo (asturias, spain)

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 685-697

  Huelga Suarez, G ^a   Moldovan, M ^a   Suarez Fernandez M ^a   De Blas Cortina, M Ángel ^a   Vanhaecke, F ^b   Garcia Alonso J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lead isotope ratios; MC ICP MS; Sierra El Aramo; Spain

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DATABASE; EXPLOITATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

EID: 84862328962     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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