Geochemical and petrological characteristics of Eppawala phosphate deposits, Sri Lanka

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-515

  Pitawala, Amarasooriya ^a   Schidlowski, Manfred ^b   Dahanayake, Kapila ^a   Hofmeister, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; Carbonates; Iron bearing minerals; Rare earth elements; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MARBLE; ORE BODY; PETROLOGY; PHOSPHATE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0042848725     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0327-y     Document Type: Article

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