Multiple sulfur isotopes reveal a magmatic origin for the Platreef platinum group element deposit, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 979-982

  Penniston Dorland, Sarah C ^a   Wing, Boswell A ^b,e   Nex, Paul A M ^c   Kinnaird, Judith A ^d   Farquhar, James ^a   Brown, Michael ^a   Sharman, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Umbono Group of Companies   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK DIFFUSION; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; CONTACT ZONE; ENDMEMBERS; FLUID TRANSPORT; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPE TRACERS; MAGMATIC ORIGIN; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPES; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; POST-MINERALIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; PLATINUM; ROCKS; SULFUR;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

ADVECTION; CONTACT ZONE; COUNTRY ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; FOOTWALL; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IGNEOUS ROCK; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER;

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

EID: 69649083370     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25098A.1     Document Type: Article

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