Mesoproterozoic carbonatitic magmatism in the Bayan Obo deposit, Inner Mongolia, North China: Constraints for the mechanism of super accumulation of rare earth elements

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-131

  Yang, Kui Feng ^a   Fan, Hong Rui ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Hu, Fang Fang ^a   Wang, Kai Yi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayan Obo; Carbonatite; China; Geochemistry; Mesoproterozoic; Petrology; REE deposit

Indexed keywords

BAYAN OBO; CARBONATITES; CHINA; MESOPROTEROZOIC; REE DEPOSIT;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DEPOSITS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MARBLE; NEODYMIUM; PETROGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRONTIUM;

CALCITE; CARBONATITE; DIKE; DOLOMITE; FRACTIONATION; GEOACCUMULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

BAYAN OBO; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 79960583977     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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