Quest for palladium: Application of the Groves hypothesis to Precambrian terranes of northeast North America

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 593-596

  Gauthier, Michel ^a   Gardoll, Stephen ^b   Duchesne, Jean Clair ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Grenville; Metal; North America; Palladium; Province

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL-TONGUE MELTING; MAGMATIC DEPOSITS;

CHROMITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL;

PALLADIUM;

FRACTIONATION; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PALLADIUM; PRECAMBRIAN; TERRANE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543103254     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20293.1     Document Type: Article

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