Platinum-group elements and gold in Cu-Ni-mineralized peridotite at gabbro Akarem, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1081-1097

  Sharara, Nadia A ^a   Wilson, Graham C ^b   Rucklidge, John C ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Copper; Eastern Desert; Egypt; Electron microprobe; Gold; Mafic ultramafic rocks; Magmatic sulfide; Mineralization; Nickel; Ore genesis; Ore textures; Platinum group elements (PGE); S Se ratios; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

EGYPT;

EID: 0033493874     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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