REE geochemistry of the Liuchapo chert in Anhua, Hunan

Geology in China

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 879-887

  Chang, Hua Jin ^a,b   Chu, Xue Lei ^a   Feng, Lian Jun ^a   Huang, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Qi Rui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chert; Ediacaran; Hunan Province; Hydrothermal fluids; Liuchapo Formation; Rare earth element (REE); Seawater

Indexed keywords

CHERT; EDIACARAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 58149216617     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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