REE geochemistry of Early Cambrian phosphorites from Gezhongwu Formation at Zhijin, Guizhou Province, China

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-172

  Shi, Chunhua ^a,b   Hu, Ruizhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Guizhou Province; Phosphorite; REE

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OCEAN HABITATS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; WATER; YTTRIUM;

DIAGENESIS; HYDROTHERMAL WATER; PHOSPHORITE; SHELLY FOSSILS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CAMBRIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHORITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; WORLD;

EID: 22244448070     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02841161     Document Type: Article

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