Mineral associations of platinum and palladium in lateritic regolith, Ora Banda sill, Western Australia

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Gray, David J ^a   Schorin, K H ^b   Butt, C R M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Iron oxides; Laterites; Palladium; Platinum; Weathering; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PALLADIUM; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

LATERITIC REGOLITHS; MINERAL ASSOCIATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE);

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY;

LATERITE; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; REGOLITH; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MOUNT CARNAGE;

EID: 0030437422     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(96)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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