Occurrence of rare Ru-Fe-Os-Ir-oxide and associated Platinum-group minerals (PGM) in the chromitite of Muǧla ophiolite, SW-Turkey

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-333

  Uysal, Ibrahim ^a   Zaccarini, Federica ^b   Burhan Sadiklar, M ^a   Bernhardt, Heinz Jürgen ^c   Bigi, Simona ^d   Garuti, Giorgio ^d  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromitites; Mugla; Ophiolite; Platinum group minerals; Ru Fe Os Ir oxide; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; IRIDIUM; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OPHIOLITE; OSMIUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RUTHENIUM; SERPENTINIZATION;

EURASIA; MUGLA; TURKEY;

EID: 65449173253     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2009/0131     Document Type: Article

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