Behavior of major and trace elements during weathering of sericite-quartz schist

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Gong, Qingjie ^a   Deng, Jun ^a   Yang, Liqiang ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Wang, Qingfei ^a   Zhang, Gaixia ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Immobile plateau; REE fractionation; Schist; Trace provenance; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; PEDOGENESIS; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REGOLITH; SCHIST; TRACE ELEMENT; WEATHERING PROFILE;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 79959308022     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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