Abstract

During the last decade, alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites have become of increasing scientific importance. Their significance to our understanding of both small- and large-scale crust and mantle processes has been highlighted by numerous recent detailed, field, petrographic and geochemical studies. These igneous rocks are also of growing economic importance as they are the host of a wide variety of metals (including Nb and the REEs). Because of their relatively small volumes, alkaline igneous …

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