Platinum group element behaviour and thermochemical constraints in the ultrabasic-basic complex of the Vizcaino Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Lithos

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-80

  Vatin Perignon, N ^a   Amosse J ^a   Radelli, L ^b   Keller, F ^a   Castro Leyva, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromitites; Early Cl rich fluids; f((O)(2)); f((S)(2)); PGE; Ultrabasic basic complex; Vizcaino

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; MAFIC ROCK; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033921224     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(00)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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