Genesis of the carbonatite-syenite complex and REE deposit at Maoniuping, Sichuan Province, China: Evidence from Pb isotope geochemistry

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-76

  Xu, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Huan ^a,b   Huang, Zhilong ^a   Liu, Congqiang ^a   Qi, Liang ^a   Li, Wenbo ^a   Guan, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Genesis; Maoniuping REE deposit; Pb isotope; Syenite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SYENITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PANXI RIFT; SICHUAN;

EID: 2442538985     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.67     Document Type: Article

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