Geochemical Behavior of Chromium

Resource Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 319-330

  Shiraki, Keiichi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromium; Cr spinel; Crustal abundance; Geochemistry; Pyroxene; Trace element

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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