Neodymium and Sr isotopic constraints on the petrogenetic relationships between carbonatites and cancrinite syenites from the Lueshe Alkaline Complex, east Zaire

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-76

  Kramm, U ^a   Maravic, H V ^b   Morteani, G ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0007919948     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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