REE mineralization of weathered crust and clay sediment on granitic rocks in the sanyo belt, SW Japan and the Southern Jiangxi Province, China

Resource Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-401

  Murakami, Hiroyasu ^a   Ishihara, Shunso ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay sediment; Granitoids; Ion adsorption style REE deposit; Jiangxi Province; Mineral resources; Rare earth element; Sanyo Belt; Soil; Weathered crust

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALLANITE; APATITE; BIOTITE; CLAY SOIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; PLAGIOCLASE; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

CHINA; CHUGOKU; HONSHU; JAPAN; JIANGXI; OKAYAMA [CHUGOKU];

EID: 55849095124     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2008.00071.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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