Geochemistry of magmatic and hydrothermal zircon from the highly evolved Baerzhe alkaline granite: Implications for Zr-REE-Nb mineralization

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 451-470

  Yang, Wu Bin ^a   Niu, He Cai ^a   Shan, Qiang ^a   Sun, Wei Dong ^a   Zhang, Hong ^b   Li, Ning Bo ^a   Jiang, Yu Hang ^a   Yu, Xue Yuan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baerzhe Zr REE Nb deposit; Highly evolved alkaline granite; Hydrothermal zircon; Magmatic hydrothermal transition; NE China

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; NIOBIUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PLUTON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; REMOBILIZATION; TEXTURE; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 84897956861     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-013-0504-1     Document Type: Article

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