Flat rare earth element patterns as an indicator of cumulate processes in the Lesser Qinling carbonatites, China

Lithos

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 267-278

  Xu, Cheng ^a,b   Campbell, Ian H ^b   Allen, Charlotte M ^b   Huang, Zhilong ^a   Qi, Liang ^c   Zhang, Huan ^a   Zhang, Guishan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Crystal cumulates; Lesser Qinling; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CUMULATE; DIKE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34047259056     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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