Heavy minerals and rare earth elements in coastal and inland dune sands of El Vizcaino desert, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-188

  Kasper Zubillaga, J J ^a   Carranza Edwards, A ^a   Morton Bermea, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal and dune sands; El Vizcaino Desert; Light heavy rare earth elements (LREE HREE); Mexico; Moderately stable and stable ultrastable heavy minerals; Unstable heavy minerals

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SAND; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; WEATHERING;

COASTAL AND DUNE SANDS; EL VIZCAINO DESERT; LIGHT/HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (LREE/HREE); MEXICO; MODERATELY STABLE AND STABLE/ULTRASTABLE HEAVY MINERALS; UNSTABLE HEAVY MINERALS;

MINERALS;

APATITE; DUNE; GRANODIORITE; HEAVY MINERAL; HORNBLENDE; PLUTONIC ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 51449085984     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190802258932     Document Type: Article

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