Diversity of platinum-group mineral assemblages in banded and podiform chromitite from the Kraubath ultramafic massif, Austria: Evidence for an ophiolitic transition zone?

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-297

  Malitch, Kreshimir N ^a   Thalhammer, Oskar A R ^a   Knauf, Vladimir V ^b   Melcher, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b NATI Research JSC   (Russian Federation)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austria; Banded chromitite; Kraubath; Ophiolite; Platinum group minerals (PGMs); Podiform chromitite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PETROGRAPHY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; KRAUBATH MASSIF;

EID: 0038405053     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0308-1     Document Type: Article

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