Hydrothermal mobilization of pegmatite-hosted REE and Zr at Strange Lake, Canada: A reaction path model

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-352

  Gysi, Alexander P ^a   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEGMATITE; PLUTON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; ZIRCONIUM;

CANADA; STRANGE LAKE COMPLEX;

EID: 84884923337     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.031     Document Type: Article

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