Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

Pavel Uher, Peter Žitňan

Pegmatitic Nb-Ta oxide minerals in alluvial placers from Limbach, Bratislava Massif, Western Carpathians, Slovakia: compositional variations and evolutionary trend

Journal of Geosciences, volume 52 (2007), issue 1-2, 133 - 141

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.007

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