Metasomatic silicate chemistry at the Bayan Obo Fe-REE-Nb deposit, Inner Mongolia, China: Contrasting chemistry and evolution of fenitising and mineralising fluids

Lithos

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 126-148

  Smith, M P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibole; Bayan Obo; Biotite; Fenite; Fluid chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; APATITE; BIOTITE; FENITE; FLUID COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; METASOMATIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PARAGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILICATE MINERAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BAYAN OBO; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33845509706     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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