A typical Alkaline rock-carbonatite complex in Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 524-539

  Wang, Xibin ^a   Hao, Ziguo ^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

Alkaline rock carbonatite complex; Bayan Obo; Carbonatite classification; Host ferrodolomite bearing carbonatite; Inner Mongolia; Metallogenetic specialization

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; BASALT; CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOST ROCK; METALLOGENESIS; METASOMATISM;

BAYAN OBO; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 0038610813     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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