Title

Alteration of mélange-hosted chromitites from Korydallos, Pindos ophiolite complex, Greece: evidence for modification by a residual high-T post-magmatic fluid

Journal title

Acta Geologica Polonica

Yearbook

2014

Volume

vol. 64

Issue

No 4

Authors

Kapsiotis, Argyrios N.

Divisions of PAS

Nauki o Ziemi

Publisher

Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN ; Wydział Geologii UW

Date

2014

Identifier

DOI: 10.2478/agp-2014-0025 ; ISSN 0001-5709

Source

Acta Geologica Polonica; 2014; vol. 64; No 4

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