Chromite composition and platinum-group mineral assemblage in the Uktus Uralian-Alaskan-type complex (Central Urals, Russia)

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-326

  Garuti, Giorgio ^a   Pushkarev, Evgeny V ^b   Zaccarini, Federica ^a   Cabella, Roberto ^c   Anikina, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromite; PGE mineralization; Russia; Uktus; Uralien Alaskan type; Urals

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; DUNITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

EID: 0038330704     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0348-1     Document Type: Article

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