Pre-requisites for sulphide-poor PGE and sulphide-rich Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization in Alaskan-type complexes

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 611-622

  Thakurta, Joyashish ^a   Ripley, Edward M ^a   Li, Chusi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan type complexes; Chromite; Magma country rock interaction; Platinum group elements; Sulphides

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; COUNTRY ROCK; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE;

EID: 58349113875     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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