Regional provenance of dolerite prehistoric objects through mineral analysis

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 167-174

  Gallello, Gianni ^a   Orozco, Teresa ^a   Pastor, Agustin ^a   de la Guardia, Miguel ^a   Bernabeu, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dolerite; Multivariate statistics; Polished stones; Prehistory; Rare earth elements (REE); Valencia region

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941121662     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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