Osmium isotope systematics of the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic ophiolitic chromitites: In situ ion probe analysis of primary Os-rich PGM

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 777-791

  Ahmed, Ahmed H ^a   Hanghøj, Karen ^b   Kelemen, Peter B ^b   Hart, Stanley R ^b   Arai, Shoji ^c  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Egypt; in situ PGM analyses; Oman; ophiolites; Os isotope

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; EGYPT; OMAN; OPHIOLITES; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS (PGM);

CHROMITE; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; PLATINUM;

OSMIUM;

CHROMITITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OPHIOLITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PHANEROZOIC; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33747519003     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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