The characteristics of zircon as the evidence for post-magmatic remobilization of REE and HFSE in the northern Motzfeldt alkaline igneous complex, southern Greenland |
Kim, Eui-Jun
(Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Yang, Seok-Jun (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) No, Sang-Gun (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) Park, Sung-Won (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) Lee, Seung Ryeol (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) Kim, You-Dong (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) Jo, Jinhee (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) |
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