Mobility of Rare Earth Elements in Basalt-Derived Laterite at the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Laos

Resource Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-158

  Sanematsu, Kenzo ^a   Moriyama, Takeru ^a,c   Sotouky, Laochou ^b   Watanabe, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Lao PDR   (Japan)

^c Toyota Tsusho Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkali basalt; Bolaven Plateau; Florencite; Laos; Laterite; REE; Sc; Weathering; Y

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLORENCITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LATERITE; MINERALIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SCANDIUM; YTTRIUM;

LAOS;

EID: 79953014271     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2011.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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