Bayan Obo carbonatite REE-Nb-Fe deposit: A rare example of neoproterozoic lithogeny and metallogeny of a damaged volcanic edifice

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 540-555

  Hao, Ziguo ^a   Wang, Xibin ^b   Li, Zhen ^c   Xiao, Guowang ^d   Zhang, Tairong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Bayan Obo Iron Mine   (China)

Author keywords

bayan Obo; Damaged volcanic edifice; Inner Mongolia; Lithogeny; Metallogeny; Neoproterozoic; REE Nb Fe deposit

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METALLOGENESIS; ORE BODY; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

BAYAN OBO; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 0037596683     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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