Discovery of the REE minerals and its geological significance in the Quyang bauxite deposit, West Guangxi, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 701-712

  Wang, Qingfei ^a,b   Deng, Jun ^a,b   Liu, Xuefei ^a,b   Zhang, Qizuan ^a,c   Sun, Silei ^a,b   Jiang, Chengzhu ^a,b   Zhou, Fang ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c The Bureau of Geo exploration Guangxi and Mineral Development   (China)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Churchite; Guangxi; Parisite; REE mineral

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BAUXITE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MINERAL DEPOSIT; OOID; PERMIAN; PH; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 77957370147     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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