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PERALKALINE GRANITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
CONT

Peralkaline granites are known in East Africa and Nigeria, where they host tin, niobium, and other metals.

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)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

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

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