Laurite and ruarsite from podiform chromitites at Kraubath and Hochgrössen, Austria: New insights from osmium isotopes

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-352

  Malitch, Kreshimir N ^a,b   Junk, Stephan A ^c   Thalhammer, Oskar A R ^a   Melcher, Frank ^d   Knauf, Vladimir V ^b   Pernicka, Ernst ^c   Stumpfl, Eugen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b NATI Research JSC   (Russian Federation)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Austria; Chromitite; Hochgr ssen; Kraubath; LA MC ICP MS study; Laurite; Ophiolite; Osmium isotopes; Ruarsite; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; OSMIUM ALLOYS; PLATINUM;

RUARSITE;

CHROMITE;

CHROMITITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; RUARSITE;

AUSTRIA; HOCHGROSSEN; KRAUBATH;

EID: 0038685137     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.331     Document Type: Article

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