Platinum-group element (PGE) geochemistry of the Emeishan basalts in the Pan-Xi area, SW China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 845-854

  Zhong, Hong ^a   Zhu, Weiguang ^a   Qi, Liang ^a,b   Zhou, Meifu ^b   Song, Xieyan ^a   Zhang, Yi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c 106 Geological Brigade of Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Basalts; Pan Xi area; PGE; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748878372     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-0845-6     Document Type: Article

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