Steric hindrance and the enhanced stability of light rare-earth elements in hydrothermal fluids

American Mineralogist

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1487-1490

  Mayanovic, Robert A ^a   Anderson, Alan J ^b   Bassett, William A ^c   Chou, I Ming ^d  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal fluids; Petrogenetic indicators; Rare earth elements; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ORES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; SPHERES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE COMPLEXES; ENHANCED STABILITY; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ORE-FORMING PROCESS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPLEXATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 76649105472     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.3250     Document Type: Article

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