Geochemical characteristics of a carbonatite dyke rich in rare earths from Bayan Obo, China

Journal of Rare Earths

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-8

  Yang, Xue Ming ^a   Yang, Xiao Yong ^a   Chen, Tian Hu ^b   Zhang, Pei Shan ^c   Tao, Ke Jie ^c   Le Bas, M J ^d   Henderson, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; Carbonatite; Fractional crystallization; Hydrothermal fluid; Rare earths

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORE DEPOSITS;

BAYAN OBO; CARBONATITE DYKE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 0034155813     PISSN: 10020721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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