Na-Fe-Ca alteration and LREE (Th-Nb) mineralization in marble and granitoids of Sierra de Sumampa, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 733-764

  Franchini, Marta ^a   Lira, Raúl ^b   Meinert, Lawrence ^c   Ríos, Francisco Javier ^d   Poklepovic, María Fernanda ^b   Impiccini, Agnes ^a   Millone, Hugo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; BRECCIATION; BRITTLE FRACTURE SYSTEMS; BRITTLE-DUCTILE SHEAR ZONES; COMENDITE; GRANITOID; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENT (LREE); MARBLE PROTOLITHS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CARBONATES; GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MARBLE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MINERALOGY;

GRANITE; HOST ROCK; MARBLE; MINERALIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 31644451459     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.4.733     Document Type: Article

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