Quantitative mineralogy and geochemical coherence through siroquant validation: implications for a Kaolinite-Gibbsite-Albite occurrence in heterogeneous Paleozoic bedrock of the Iberian Massif (NW Spain)
- Alcalde-Aparicio, Sara 1
- Gómez-Fernández, Fernando 2
- Alonso-Herrero, Eduardo 1
- Vidal-Bardán, Manuel 1
- 1 Department of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, University of León
- 2 Department of Mining Engineering, University of León
ISSN: 1499-1276, 0008-4476
Year of publication: 2019
Volume: 57
Issue: 1
Pages: 47-64
Type: Article
More publications in: The Canadian Mineralogist
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