Platinum-group element geochemistry of the continental flood basalts in the central Emeisihan Large Igneous Province, SW China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 246-261

  Song, Xie Yan ^a   Keays, Reid R ^b,c   Xiao, Long ^d   Qi, Huo Wen ^a   Ihlenfeld, Christian ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e ANGLO AMERICAN PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alloy; Central Emeishan large igneous province; Differentiation; Fractionation; Platinum group elements; Sulfide separation

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; ALLOY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM; SEPARATION; TITANIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 67349205564     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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