Sources of rare-earth elements and iron in paleoproterozoic iron-formations from the transvaal supergroup, South Africa: Evidence from neodymium isotopes

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-129

  Bau, Michael ^a   Höhndorf, Axel ^a,b   Dulski, Peter ^a   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a,c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SEDIMENT; IRON FORMATION; NEODYMIUM; PROTEROZOIC; REE; TRANSVAAL SUPERGROUP;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030981129     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/606152     Document Type: Article

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