Solubility of Pt in sulphide mattes: Implications for the genesis of PGE-rich horizons in layered intrusions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5764-5777

  Fonseca, Raúl O C ^a,b   Campbell, Ian H ^a   O'Neill, Hugh St C ^a   Allen, Charlotte M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLATINUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDE;

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

MARTES;

EID: 69149083529     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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