Comparison of the Daluxiang and Maoniuping carbonatitic REE deposits with Bayan Obo REE deposit, China

Lithos

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-24

  Xu, Cheng ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^b   Kynicky, Jindrich ^c   Allen, Charlotte M ^b   Chen, Yanjing ^d   Huang, Zhilong ^a   Qi, Liang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; Carbonate mineral; Carbonatites; Daluxiang; Maoniuping; REE mineralization

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE GROUP; CARBONATITE; COUNTRY ROCK; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOLOMITE; FLUORITE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARBLE; MINERALIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

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

EID: 54249083455     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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