Laboratory partitioning of platinum-group elements (PGE) and gold with application to magmatic sulfide-PGE deposits

Lithos

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-142

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gold; Magmatic sulfide; Platinum group element

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LABORATORY METHOD; MAGMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTITIONING; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; SULFIDE;

EID: 0032801625     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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