Methane-rich fluid inclusions in skarn near the giant REE-Nb-Fe deposit at Bayan Obo, Northern China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 301-309

  Fan, Hong Rui ^a   Xie, Yi Han ^a   Wang, Kai Yi ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; CH4 rich fluid inclusions; Granitoid; Skarn

Indexed keywords

GRANITOIDS; MAGMA; MICROTHERMOMETRY;

DATA REDUCTION; GRAPHITE; INCLUSIONS; ROCKS;

FLUIDS;

FLUID INCLUSION; METHANE; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SKARN;

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

EID: 4243184977     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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