Reaction relationships in the Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the relative stability of rare-earth element phosphates and fluorocarbonates

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 294-310

  Smith, M P ^a   Henderson, P ^a   Zhang, Peishan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0001686074     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050485     Document Type: Article

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