Formation of the world's largest REE deposit through protracted fluxing of carbonatite by subduction-derived fluids

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ling, Ming Xing ^a   Liu, Yu Long ^a   Williams, Ian S ^b   Teng, Fang Zhen ^c   Yang, Xiao Yong ^d   Ding, Xing ^a   Wei, Gang Jian ^a   Xie, Lu Hua ^a   Deng, Wen Feng ^a   Sun, Wei Dong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84877747654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01776     Document Type: Article

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