Geochemical constraints on the genesis of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit in Inner Mongolia, China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1417-1435

  Yang, Xiao Yong ^a,b   Sun, Wei Dong ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Xu ^c   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a  

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

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; COUNTRY ROCK; DOLOMITE; HOST ROCK; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MINERALIZATION; NIOBIUM; ORE BODY; OROGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

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

EID: 59649119990     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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