The significance of Paleoproterozoic zircon in carbonatite dikes associated with the Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit

American Journal of Science

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-397

  Liu, Yulong ^a   Williams, Ian S ^b   Chen, Jiangfeng ^c   Wan, Yusheng ^d   Sun, Weidong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONATITE; DIKE; INCLUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

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

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 48749085489     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/03.2008.08     Document Type: Article

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