Partitioning of platinum-group elements (Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Pd) and gold between sulfide liquid and basalt melt

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2397-2412

  Fleet, M E ^a   Crocket, J H ^b   Stone, W E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GOLD; PARTITIONING; PGE; SILICATE MELT; SULPHIDE LIQUID;

EID: 0030467193     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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