High PGE contents and extremely abundant PGE-minerals hosted in chromitites from the Veria ophiolite complex, northern Greece

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-19

  Tsoupas, G ^a   Economou Eliopoulos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromite; Deformation; Galaktosl; Greece; PGE enrichment; Platinum group elements; Platinum group minerals; Shearing; Veria

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS;

BRITTLENESS; CHROMITE; DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEARING;

PLATINUM;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; OPHIOLITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RODINGITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37349070090     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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