Platinum-group elements distribution and spinel composition in podiform chromitites and associated rocks from the upper mantle section of the Neoproterozoic Bou Azzer ophiolite, Anti-Atlas, Morocco

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-104

  Ahmed, Ahmed H ^a   Arai, Shoji ^b   Abdel Aziz, Yaser M ^c   Ikenne, Moha ^d   Rahimi, Abdellatif ^e  

^a HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

^d IBN ZOHR UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bou Azzer; Chromian spinel; Morocco; PGE; Proterozoic ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; DUNITE; FRACTIONATION; HARZBURGITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGNETITE; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SILICATE; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; BOU AZZER; MOROCCO; SOUSS-MASSA-DRAA;

EID: 67649651545     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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