A rare earth element-rich carbonatite dyke at Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 93-110

  Yang, X M ^a   Yang, X Y ^b   Zheng, Y F ^b   Le Bas, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; BAYAN OBO; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 0345765137     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-002-0220-5     Document Type: Article

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