Os-rich nuggets from Au-PGE placers of the Maimecha-Kotui Province, Russia: A multi-disciplinary study

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 121-148

  Malitch, K N ^a   Auge, T ^b   Badanina, I Yu ^c   Goncharov, M M ^d   Junk, S A ^e   Pernicka, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Polar Surv Prospecting Venture I   (Russian Federation)

^e TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MINERALIZATION; OLIVINE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLACER DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SOURCE ROCK; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN PLATFORM;

EID: 0013410601     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100200035     Document Type: Article

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