Rare earth element and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of primary apatite crystals in metabentonites from Dob's Linn, southern Scotland

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Batchelor, Richard A ^a   Evans, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BENTONITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASEDIMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042492056     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg40010043     Document Type: Article

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