Siderophile and chalcophile elemental constraints on the origin of the Jinchuan Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, NW China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 404-424

  Song, Xie Yan ^a   Keays, Reid R ^b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^c   Qi, Liang ^c   Ihlenfeld, Christian ^b,d   Xiao, Jia Fei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ANGLO AMERICAN PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; MAGMA CHAMBER; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE BODY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; REMOBILIZATION; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; JINCHUAN [GANSU];

EID: 57749168356     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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