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METALUMINOUS GRANITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
CONT

... depleted lower crustal rocks generate metaluminous to peralkaline granites that are parental to pegmatites enriched in niobium and rare-earth elements (including yttrium).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
CONT

[...] les roches appauvries de la croûte inférieure produisent des granites métalumineux à hyperalcalins qui sont les roches parentales des pegmatites enrichies en niobium et en terres rares (y compris l'yttrium).

Spanish

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