Neodymium and strontium isotope study of the Blue Tier Batholith, NE Tasmania, and its bearing on the origin of tin-bearing alkali feldspar granites

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3-6 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 339-365

  Sun, S S ^a   Higgins, N C ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Learning Curve Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM; PETROGENESIS; STRONTIUM; TIN;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, BLUE TIER BATHOLITH;

EID: 0030446090     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-1368(95)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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