Behaviour of rare earth elements and yttrium in ferromanganese concretions, gibbsite spots, and the surrounding terra rossa over dolomite during chemical weathering

Chemical Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 112-132

  Feng, Jin Liang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ce anomaly; Eu anomaly; Mass balance calculation; Sm Nd fractionation; Tetrad effect; Y Ho ratio

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DOLOMITE; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; GIBBSITE; PH; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TERRA ROSSA; YTTRIUM;

CHINA; YUNNAN-GUIZHOU PLATEAU;

EID: 77549087407     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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