Differentiated hydrothermal and meteoric alterations of the Lueshe carbonatite complex (Democratic Republic of Congo) identified by a REE study combined with a sequential acid-leaching experiment

Chemical Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 109-132

  Nasraoui, Mohamed ^a   Toulkeridis, Theofilos ^b   Clauer, Norbert ^b   Bilal, Essaid ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Hydrothermal alteration; Meteoric weathering; Rare earth elements; Republic of Congo

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METEORIC WATER; WEATHERING;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0034603664     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00165-5     Document Type: Article

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