Petrogenesis of the ophiolitic giant chromite deposits of Kempirsai, Kazakhstan: A study of solid and fluid inclusions in chromite

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1419-1458

  Melcher, Frank ^a   Grum, Walter ^a   Simon, Grigore ^a,b   Thalhammer, Tatiana V ^a   Stumpfl, Eugen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromite; Fluids; Kempirsai ophiolite; Platinum group minerals; Urals

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; GIANT OREBODY; OPHIOLITE; PALAEOZOIC;

KAZAKSTAN;

EID: 0031403345     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.10.1419     Document Type: Article

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