Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

Arno Mücke, Zdeněk Losos

The magnetite mineralizations of the Desná Group in the Silesicum, Czech Republic: petrographic, mineralogical, and geochemical studies and their genetic implications

Journal of Geosciences, volume 52 (2007), issue 3-4, 227 - 270

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.016

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