Platinum-group element distribution in chromite ores from ophiolite complexes: Implications for their exploration

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 363-381

  Economou Eliopoulos, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromite; Chromite exploration; Geochemistry; Greece; Ophiolite; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE DEPOSITS; COMPOSITION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; PLATINUM; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHROMITE EXPLORATION; OPHIOLITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CHROMITE;

CHROMITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; OPHIOLITE; PGE;

GREECE;

EID: 0030429306     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(96)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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