Factors contributing to enrichment and crystallization of niobium in pyrochlore in the Kaffo albite arfvedsonite granite, Ririwai Complex, Younger Granites province of Nigeria

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-382

  Ogunleye, P O ^a   Garba, I ^a   Ike, E C ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Pyrochlore mineralization; REE patterns; Ririwai Complex; Sodic metasomatism

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GRANITE; NIOBIUM; RING COMPLEX;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33644924048     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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