Palladium oxides in ultramafic complexes near Lavatrafo, Western Andriamena, Madagascar

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-352

  McDonald, I ^a,d   Ohnenstetter, D ^b   Ohnenstetter, M ^b,c   Vaughan, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andriamena; Hydrated oxides; Madagascar; Oxygen; Palladium; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ANDRIAMENA; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0032821777     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646199548565     Document Type: Article

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