Marine Phosphorites as Potential Resources for Heavy Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium
Marine phosphorites are known to concentrate rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) during early diagenetic formation. Much of the REY data available are decades old and incomplete, and there has not been a systematic study of REY distributions in marine phosphorite deposits that formed over a range...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-08-01
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Series: | Minerals |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/3/88 |