Palladium and gold mineralization in podiform chromitite at Kraubath, Austria

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 247-277

  Malitch, K N ^b   Melcher, F ^a,b   Muhlhans H ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; GOLD; HEAVY MINERAL; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; OPHIOLITE; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; REMOBILIZATION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0001476878     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100170002     Document Type: Article

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