Hydrothermal transport and deposition of the rare earth elements by fluorine-bearing aqueous liquids

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 987-997

  Migdisov, Art A ^a,b   Williams Jones, A E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; FLUORINE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SOLUBILITY; SULFATE;

BAYAN OBO; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 85027951621     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-014-0554-z     Document Type: Article

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