Chemical evolution of Nb-Ta oxides and zircon from the Koktokay No. 3 granitic pegmatite, Altai, northwestern China

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 739-756

  Zhang, A C ^a   Wang, R C ^a   Hu, H ^a   Zhang, H ^b   Zhu, J C ^a   Chen, X M ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Altai; China; Columbite tantalite; Granitic pegmatite; Koktokay; Tapiolite; Uranmicrolite; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM;

ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; HAFNIAN ZIRCON;

ZIRCON;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; NIOBIUM; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TANTALUM; ZIRCON;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 3843088027     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461046850216     Document Type: Article

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