Selenium and sulfur concentrations in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and implications for formation of the platinum-group element deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 647-663

  Barnes, Sarah Jane ^a   Savard, Dany ^a   Bédard, L Paul ^a   Maier, Wolfgang D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Merensky Reef; Platinum group elements; Selenium; South Africa; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CUMULATE; FOOTWALL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MODELING; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SELENIUM; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; MERENSKY REEF; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68249138314     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-009-0237-3     Document Type: Article

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