On the formation of peridotite-derived Os-rich PGE alloys

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 11-12 PART 1, 2003, Pages 1731-1740

  Brenker, Frank E ^a   Meibom, Anders ^b   Frei, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; OLIVINE; SILICATES; TEXTURES;

HYDROUS FLUIDS; LOWERMOST MANTLE; MAGMATIC ORIGIN; MAGMATIC PROCESS; MELT INCLUSIONS; METALLIC CORES; PRIMARY INCLUSIONS; ULTRAMAFIC BODY;

OSMIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CHROMITE; INCLUSION; OSMIUM; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

EID: 0347270258     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-11-1214     Document Type: Article

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