Hydrothermal mobilization of high field strength elements in Alkaline Igneous Systems: Evidence from the Tamazeght complex (Morocco)

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 559-575

  Salvi, Stefano ^a   Fontan, François ^a   Monchoux, Pierre ^a   Williams Jones, A E ^b   Moine, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; ZIRCONIUM;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0033948796     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.3.559     Document Type: Article

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