Platinum-group-element geochemistry and mineralogy of ophiolitic chromitites from the Kop Mountains, northeastern Turkey

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-377

  Uysal, Ibrahim ^a   Tarkian, Mahmud ^b   Sadiklar, M Burhan ^a   Şen, Cüneyt ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kop Mountains; Ophiolitic chromitite; Platinum group element; Platinum group mineral; Silicate inclusion; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICATE MINERALS; TURKEY;

OPHIOLITIC CHROMITITE; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS; SILICATE INCLUSION;

PLATINUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FUGACITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SILICATE; SPINEL;

EURASIA; KOP MOUNTAINS; TURKEY;

EID: 34249851107     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.2.355     Document Type: Article

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