Platinum-group mineral formation: Evidence of an interchange process from the entropy of activation values

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5635-5645

  Petrou, Athinoula L ^a   Economou Eliopoulos, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTROPY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; LAYERED INTRUSION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 69149107871     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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