XENOTIME, AN INDICATIVE MINERAL OF THE LO WER GNEISS UNIT, LIMOUSIN, FRENCH CENTRAL MASSIF

Authors
SAGON JP SABOURDY G
Citation
Jp. Sagon et G. Sabourdy, XENOTIME, AN INDICATIVE MINERAL OF THE LO WER GNEISS UNIT, LIMOUSIN, FRENCH CENTRAL MASSIF, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 317(11), 1993, pp. 1461-1468
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
317
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1461 - 1468
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)317:11<1461:XAIMOT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In the metamorphic Limousin series, xenotime has been Sound only in th e ''Lower Gneiss Unit'' which is composed of micaceous gneisses and me tagranitic bodies. Microprobe analyses of xenotime show high substitut ions of Y by heavy rare earth elements: Dy, Er, Yb.