Experimental metasomatism of monazite and xenotime: Mineral stability, REE mobility and fluid composition

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 165-184

  Hetherington, Callum J ^a   Harlov, Daniel E ^b   Budzyń, Bartosz ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DISSOLUTION; FLUID COMPOSITION; METASOMATISM; MONAZITE; PEGMATITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REPLACEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

BRAZIL; MALAWI;

EID: 77954659914     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-010-0110-1     Document Type: Article

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