Platinum-group element mineralogy and geochemistry of chromitite of the Kluchevskoy ophiolite complex, central Urals (Russia)

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-30

  Zaccarini, F ^a   Pushkarev, E ^b   Garuti, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromitite; Kluchevskoy; Platinum group elements; Platinum group minerals; Russia; Urals

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; MANTLE; OPHIOLITES; PLATIMUM GROUP MINERALS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESULFURIZATION; MINERALOGY; PLATINUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BONINITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; OPHIOLITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

EID: 37349121882     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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