Hydrothermal mobilisation of the rare earth elements-a tale of "ceria" and "yttria"

Elements

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 355-360

  Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a   Migdisov, Artashes A ^a   Samson, Iain M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Ore formation; REE; Solubility; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CERIUM OXIDE; RARE EARTHS; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; YTTRIUM OXIDE;

EARTH'S CRUST; HYDROTHERMAL; MOBILISATION; ORE FORMATION; SPECIATION;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MOBILIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84867119379     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.5.355     Document Type: Article

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