[HTML][HTML] Fenites associated with carbonatite complexes: A review

HAL Elliott, F Wall, AR Chakhmouradian… - Ore Geology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbonatites and alkaline-silicate rocks are the most important sources of rare earth
elements (REE) and niobium (Nb), both of which are metals imperative to technological …

[HTML][HTML] A global review on agpaitic rocks

MAW Marks, G Markl - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Peralkaline igneous rocks are defined by a molar (Na+ K)/Al ratio> 1 and are subdivided into
miaskitic and agpaitic varieties depending on their mineralogy. In the more common …

On ferroan (A-type) granitoids: their compositional variability and modes of origin

CD Frost, BR Frost - Journal of petrology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We recognize eight types of ferroan granitoid that can be distinguished on the basis of major
element chemistry. These include alkalic granitoids that may be metaluminous or …

Geochemistry of the rare-earth element, Nb, Ta, Hf, and Zr deposits

RL Linnen, IM Samson, AE Williams-Jones… - Treatise on …, 2013 - elibrary.ru
Rare elements include rare-earth elements (REE), Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf. As a group, these
elements are concentrated in the crust and are incompatible (remain in the melt rather than …

Controls on the concentration of zirconium, niobium, and the rare earth elements in the Thor Lake rare metal deposit, Northwest Territories, Canada

ER Sheard, AE Williams-Jones… - Economic …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Thor Lake rare metal (Zr, Nb, REE, Ta, Be, Ga) deposits in Canada's Northwest
Territories represent one of the largest resources of zirconium, niobium, and the heavy rare …

The magmatic and magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of felsic igneous rocks as seen through Nb-Ta geochemical fractionation, with implications for the origins of rare …

C Ballouard, M Massuyeau, MA Elburg, S Tappe… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Despite Nb and Ta being considered as 'geochemical twins', most Ta mineral
deposits are associated with muscovite-bearing peraluminous granites and related …

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

AP Gysi, AE Williams-Jones - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
Petrological and geochemical observations of pegmatites in the Strange Lake pluton,
Canada, have been combined with numerical simulations to improve our understanding of …

IGCP Project 510 “A-type Granites and Related Rocks through Time”: Project vita, results, and contribution to granite research

R Dall'Agnol, CD Frost, OT Rämö - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
The IGCP 510 project Global Correlation of A-type Granites and Related Rocks, their
Mineralization, and Significance in Lithospheric Evolution (or, in short, A-type Granites and …

Petrology, geochronology and geochemistry of ca. 780 Ma A-type granites in South China: petrogenesis and implications for crustal growth during the breakup of the …

Q Wang, DA Wyman, ZX Li, ZW Bao, ZH Zhao… - Precambrian …, 2010 - Elsevier
There are widespread Neoproterozoic (830–740Ma) calc-alkaline intrusive rocks in the
South China Block, which has been considered a part of the Precambrian supercontinent …

Genesis of leucogranite by prolonged fractional crystallization: a case study of the Mufushan complex, South China

LX Wang, CQ Ma, C Zhang, JY Zhang, MAW Marks - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
We present major and trace elemental geochemical data, Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes and zircon U–
Pb ages for igneous rocks of the Mufushan complex (~ 2400 km 2 outcrop area) in South …