Distribution and evolution of zirconium mineralization in peralkaline granites and associated pegmatites of the Khan Bogd complex, southern Mongolia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 947-965

  Kynicky, Jindrich ^a   Chakhmouradian, Anton R ^b   Xu, Cheng ^c   Krmicek, Lukas ^d   Galiova, Michaela ^d  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Peking University   (China)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Armstrongite; Elpidite; Gittinsite; Gobi desert; Granitic pegmatite; Khan Bogd; Mongolia; Peralkaline granite; Zircon; Zr mineralization

Indexed keywords

ARMSTRONGITE; ELPIDITE; GITTINSITE; GOBI DESERT; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; KHAN BOGD; MONGOLIA; PERALKALINE;

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; FLUIDS; HAFNIUM; MINERALOGY; PARAFFIN WAXES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SILICATES; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

GRANITE;

AEGIRINE; APLITE; ARMSTRONGITE; CALCITE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DESERT; FLUORITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GITTINSITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA; MICROCLINE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PEGMATITE; PERALKALINE ROCK; QUARTZ; VEIN (GEOLOGY); ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 81355164412     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.49.4.947     Document Type: Article

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