The Himalayan Mianning-Dechang REE belt associated with carbonatite-alkaline complexes, eastern Indo-Asian collision zone, SW China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 65-89

  Hou, Zengqian ^a,b,f   Tian, Shihong ^c   Xie, Yuling ^d   Yang, Zhusen ^c   Yuan, Zhongxin ^c   Yin, Shuping ^b   Yi, Longsheng ^b   Fei, Hongcai ^c   Zou, Tianren ^c   Bai, Ge ^c   Li, Xiaoyu ^e  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^e Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Dalucao; Indo Asian collision zone; Lizhuang; Maoniuping; Muluozhai; REE deposit; SW China; Syenite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DALUCAO; INDO-ASIAN COLLISION ZONE; LIZHUANG; MAONIUPING; MULUOZHAI; REE DEPOSIT; SW CHINA; SYENITE;

BARITE; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSITS; OXIDE MINERALS; PIPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYRITES; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC SULFIDE;

FLUORSPAR;

ALKALINE ROCK; CARBONATITE; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METALLOGENESIS; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; OROGENIC BELT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYENITE; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; SICHUAN;

EID: 70350562642     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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