Columbite solubility in granitic melts: Consequences for the enrichment and fractionation of Nb and Ta in the Earth's crust

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 128, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 213-227

  Linnen, Robert L ^a   Keppler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMBITE; FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM;

EID: 0031389518     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050304     Document Type: Article

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