Nb-Ta-(Ti-Sn) oxide mineral chemistry as tracer of rare-element granitic pegmatite fractionation in the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-228

  Beurlen, Hartmut ^a   Silva, Marcelo R R ^a   Thomas, Rainer ^b   Soares, Dwight R ^a   Olivier, Patrick ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borborema Pegmatitic Province; Brazil; Nb Ta Ti Sn oxides; Rare element granitic pegmatites

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NIOBIUM; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TANTALUM; TIN; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MICAS; NIOBIA; TANTALIA;

EID: 39349109799     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0152-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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