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Rhönite in Cenozoic alkali basalt from Changle, Shandong Province, China, and its significance
Fan-Mei Kong
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization
& Sedimentary Minerals, College of Earth Science and Engineering,
Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Hans-Peter Schertl
Faculty of Geosciences, Institute of
Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
College of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of
Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Ling-Quan Zhao
Faculty of Geosciences, Institute of
Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Xu-Ping Li
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization
& Sedimentary Minerals, College of Earth Science and Engineering,
Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Xiao-Han Liu
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Depositional Mineralization
& Sedimentary Minerals, College of Earth Science and Engineering,
Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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Short summary
Rhönite in the Cenozoic alkali basalts of the Changle area occurs as a reaction product; the host basalts are generated in an extensional setting of intracontinent and are tectonically located above the old subduction zone. Rare-earth-element patterns of rhönite resemble those of kaersutitic amphibole and kaersutite. Compositions of Changle rhönites covering the two types of metasomatic mantle amphiboles further suggest that rhönite could be seen as the role of petrogenetic indicator mineral.
Rhönite in the Cenozoic alkali basalts of the Changle area occurs as a reaction product; the...
