Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Rare Earth Elements (Reviews in Mineralology)

Volume 21 of Reviews in Mineralogy treats a short course on the rare earth elements to about 80 participants in San Francisco, California, December 1-3, 1989, just prior to the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. **Contents:** Cosmochemistry of the Rare Earth Elements: Condensation and Evaporation Processes Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements Partitioning of Rare Earth Elements between Major Silicate Minerals and Basaltic Melts An Approach to Trace Element Modeling Using a Simple Igneous System as an Example Rare Earth Elements in Upper Mantle Rocks Rare Earth Elements in Metamorphic Rocks Rare Earth Elements in Sedimentary Rocks: Influence of Provenance and Sedimentary Processes Aqueous Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements Rare Earth Elements in Lunar Materials Compositional and Phase Relations among Rare Earth Element Minerals Economic Geology of Rare Earth Minerals Cathodoluminescence Emission Spectra of Rare Earth Element Activators in Minerals

Volume 21 of Reviews in Mineralogy treats a short course on the rare earth elements to about 80 participants in San Francisco, California, December 1-3, 1989, just prior to the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Contents:
Cosmochemistry of the Rare Earth Elements: Condensation and Evaporation Processes
Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements
Partitioning of Rare Earth Elements between Major Silicate Minerals and Basaltic Melts
An Approach to Trace Element Modeling Using a Simple Igneous System as an Example
Rare Earth Elements in Upper Mantle Rocks
Rare Earth Elements in Metamorphic Rocks
Rare Earth Elements in Sedimentary Rocks: Influence of Provenance and Sedimentary Processes
Aqueous Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements
Rare Earth Elements in Lunar Materials
Compositional and Phase Relations among Rare Earth Element Minerals
Economic Geology of Rare Earth Minerals
Cathodoluminescence Emission Spectra of Rare Earth Element Activators in Minerals

Copyright Additional Copies Foreword and Acknowledgments TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. COSMOCHEMISTRY OF THE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS: CONDENSATION AND EVAPORATION PROCESSES Chapter 2. RADIOGENIC ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS Chapter 3. PARTITIONING OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS BETWEEN MAJOR SILICATE MINERALS AND BASALTIC MELTS Chapter 4. AN APPROACH TO TRACE ELEMENT MODELING USING A SIMPLE IGNEOUS SYSTEM AS AN EXAMPLE Chapter 5. RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN UPPER MANTLE ROCKS Chapter 6. RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS Chapter 7. RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: INFLUENCE OF PROVENANCE AND SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES Chapter 8. AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS Chapter 9. RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN LUNAR MATERIALS Chapter 10. COMPOSITIONAL AND PHASE RELATIONS AMONG RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINERALS Chapter 11. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS Appendix: CATHODOLUMINESENCE EMISSION SPECTRA OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT ACTIVATORS IN MINERALS