Rare metal mineralization of calcite carbonatites from the Cape Verde Archipelago

Geochemistry International

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-549

  Kogarko, L N ^a   Sorokhtina, N V ^a   Zaitsev, V A ^a   Senin, V G ^a  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO; CARBONATITE; CARBONATITES; PYROCHLORE; PYROCHLORES; RARE METALS; SECONDARY PHASIS; ZIRCONOLITE;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NIOBIUM; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SMELTING; SODIUM; TANTALATE MINERALS; TANTALUM; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

CALCIUM;

CALCITE; CARBONATITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; PYROCHLORE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TANTALUM; THORIUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCONOLITE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 67649619541     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702909060019     Document Type: Article

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