Th-rich zircon from peralka line A-type granite: Mineralogical features and petrological implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 809-817

  Xie, Lei ^a   Wang, Rucheng ^a   Chen, Xiaoming ^a   Qiu, Jiansheng ^a   Wang, Dezi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep sourced magma; Eastern China; Mineralogical genesis; Peralkaline A type granite; Th rich zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749680404     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982004-414     Document Type: Article

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