PGE enrichment in chromitite layers and the Merensky Reef of the western Bushveld Complex; a Re-Os and Rb-Sr isotope study

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 49-64

  Schoenberg, Ronny ^a   Kruger, F Johan ^b   Nägler, Thomas F ^a   Meisel, Thomas ^c   Kramers, Jan D ^a  

^a Isotopengeologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Chromitite; Magmas; Mineral deposits, genesis; Mixing; Platinum group; Re Os

Indexed keywords

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; CHROMITITE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033569049     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00198-3     Document Type: Article

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