Carbonates: An overview of recent TEM research

European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 337-375

  Rodriguez Navarro, Carlos ^a   Ruiz Agudo, Encarnación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 84898931503     PISSN: 14172917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1180/EMU-notes.14.10     Document Type: Article

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