Chemical and physical transfers in an ultramafic rock weathering profile: Part 1. Supergene dissolution of Pt-bearing chromite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Traoré, Daouda ^a,b   Beauvais, Anicet ^a,b   Chabaux, François ^c   Peiffert, Chantal ^d   Parisot, Jean Claude ^a,b   Ambrosi, Jean Paul ^b   Colin, Fabrice ^a,b  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

Author keywords

Lateritic weathering; Mass balance calculation; New Caledonia; Pt chromite; Ultramafic rocks

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMITE; DISSOLUTION; MAGNESITE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM METALS; ROCKS; TRANSITION METALS;

ALKALINE EARTH; CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; NEW CALEDONIA; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; WEATHERING PROFILES;

WEATHERING;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHROMITE; DISSOLUTION; ENRICHMENT; MASS BALANCE; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METAL; SAPROLITE; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 38649106434     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2605     Document Type: Article

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