Iridium, ruthenium and rhodium in komatiites: Evidence for iridium alloy saturation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 44-58

  Barnes, Stephen J ^a   Fiorentini, Marco L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromite; Iridium; Komatiites; Olivine; Platinum group elements; Rhodium; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KOMATIITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIVINE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHODIUM; RUTHENIUM; SATURATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 54849410805     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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