Platinum group minerals in ophiolitic chromitites from Tehuitzingo (Acatlán complex, southern Mexico): Implications for post-magmatic modification

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 147-168

  Zaccarini, F ^a   Proenza, J A ^b   Ortega Gutierrez F ^c   Garuti, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SERPENTINITE;

ACATLAN COMPLEX; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 21444442517     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-005-0075-7     Document Type: Article

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