1st Edition
Rare Earth Elements in Ultramafic and Mafic Rocks and their Minerals Minor and Accessory Minerals
Garnets
Brief survey of modern studies into the geochemistry of rare earth elements in garnets
General regularity of REE distribution in garnets of the most common of their parageneses
On the nature of sinusoidal chondrite-normalized REE patterns of garnets
Coefficients of REE distribution between garnets and coexisting melts
Coefficients of REE distribution between garnets and coexisting clinopyroxenes and other minerals
Some crystal-chemical aspects of the REE isomorphism in garnets
Chrome-spinels
Ilmenites
REE composition of ilmenites
Coefficients of REE distribution between ilmenite and coexisting phases
Zircons
Key regularities of REE distribution in zircons from some types of magmatic and metamorphic rocks
Coefficients of REE distribution between zircons and coexisting phases
On the isomorphism of REE in zircons and conditions of their crystallization
Apatites
The REE composition of apatites
The coefficients of REE distribution between apatite and melts as well as coexisting perovskites
On isomorphism of REE in apatites
Titanites
Perovskites
Micas
Some general regularities of REE distribution in the minor and accessory minerals of ultramafic, mafic and some other rocks
Geochemical relationship between REE and PGE in mafic and ultramafic rocks and their petrogenetic significance
Mafic-ultramafic massifs in Tuva (Russia)
Naransky massif (West Mongolia)
Kokpektinsky massif (South Urals, Kazakhstan)
Ultramafic xenoliths in alkaline basalts from Eifel and Vogelsberg provinces (Germany)
Luobusa massif (Southern Tibet, China)
Iti and Kallidromon massifs (Greece)
Komatiite-basalt complex of North-West Vietnam
Komatiite-basalt complexes of Gorgona Island (Colombia), Alexo (Ontario, Canada), Onverwacht, Barberton, Perseverance (Africa) and Kambalda (West Australia) provinces
Bushveld massif (South Africa)
Muskox massif (Canada)
Galmoenan massif (Koryak highland, Russia)
Conclusion
References
Subject index
Author index
Biography
Felix P. Lesnov is Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Geodynamics and Magmatism, V. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He specializes in research on mafic-ultramafic magmatism of folded regions (geology, petrology, petrochemistry, mineralogy, geochemistry, metallogeny), and he has (co-)authored more than 290 papers and nine monographs.
