Platinum-group elements and melt percolation processes in Sidamo spinel peridotite xenoliths, Ethiopia, East African Rift

Chemical Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 57-75

  Lorand, Jean Pierre ^a   Reisberg, Laurie ^b   Bedini, Rosa Maria ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cu Fe Ni sulfides; Melt percolation; Platinum group elements; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MELT; PERCOLATION; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SPINEL; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

ETHIOPIA; GREGORY RIFT;

EID: 0037447962     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00407-2     Document Type: Article

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