Platinum group elements zoning and mineralogy of chromitites from the cumulate sequence of the Nurali massif (Southern Urals, Russia)

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 257-276

  Grieco, G ^a   Diella, V ^b   Chaplygina, N L ^c   Savelieva, G N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Laurite; Nurali massif; Platinum group elements; Russia; Transition Zone; Urals

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; LAURITE; PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS; TRANSITION ZONE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; PLATINUM; SOLIDIFICATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAURITE; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; PARTIAL MELTING; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOLID SOLUTION; SOLIDIFICATION; TEXTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; ZONING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

EID: 33847177648     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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