Platinum-group element distribution in the Main Zone and Upper Zone of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Chemical Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 293-317

  Barnes, Sarah Jane ^a   Maier, W D ^b   Ashwal, L D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld; Copper; Gold; Magnetite; Nickel; Platinum group elements; Titanium; Upper Zone; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14744289622     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.04.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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