Are highly siderophile elements (PGE, Re and Au) fractionated in the upper mantle of the earth? New results on peridotites from Zabargad

Chemical Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 167-188

  Schmidt, Gerhard ^a   Palme, Herbert ^b   Kratz, Karl Ludwig ^a   Kurat, Gero ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chondritic ratios; Earth's mantle; Highly siderophile elements

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GOLD; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; RHENIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034005811     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00136-9     Document Type: Article

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