Linking rock fabric to fibrous mineralisation: a basic tool for the asbestos hazard
In recent years, many studies have addressed the effect on human health caused by asbestos exposures. As asbestos is a group of fibrous minerals that mainly occurs in mafic and ultramafic rocks (ophiolitic sequences), a close relationship between asbestos occurrence and the geological history of hos...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-05-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1267/2011/nhess-11-1267-2011.pdf |