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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Main Authors: James R. Hein, Andrea Koschinsky, Mariah Mikesell, Kira Mizell, Craig R. Glenn, Ray Wood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/6/3/88