Platinum-group element and sulphide mineralogy in ultramafic complexes at western Andriamena, Madagascar

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  McDonald, Iain ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andriamena; Arsenides; Madagascar; Platinum group minerals; Ultramafic complexes

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; IRIDIUM; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES;

ANDRIAMENA; ANTIMONIDE; ARSENIDES; BASE METAL SULPHIDES; CHROMITITE; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; MADAGASCAR; MAGMA CHAMBERS; MAGMATIC TEMPERATURES; MINERALISATION; OLIVINE CRYSTALS; SILICATE LIQUIDS; SMALL POPULATIONS; SPATIAL SEPARATIONS; SUPERGENE ALTERATIONS; ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMITITE; DUNITE; FLUID INCLUSION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

ANDRIAMENA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

EID: 49449090008     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327508X309678     Document Type: Article

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