Rare earth element behavior in soils and salt pan sediments of a semi-arid granitic terrain in the Western Cape, South Africa

Chemical Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 239-255

  Compton, John S ^a   White, Richard A ^a   Smith, Meris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apatite; Carbonate; Dolomite; Fe oxides; Granite; Rare earth elements (REE); Saline pans; Soil; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; GRANITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SALT PAN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0242368996     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00239-0     Document Type: Article

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