Platinum-group element micronuggets and refertilization process in Lherz orogenic peridotite (northeastern Pyrenees, France)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 298-310

  Lorand, Jean Pierre ^a   Alard, Olivier ^b   Luguet, Ambre ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

highly siderophile elements; orogenic peridotites; platinum group minerals; upper mantle

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MINERAL INDICATORS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS; PYRENEES; UPPER MANTLE;

BUDGET CONTROL; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GALLIUM; GOLD; IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM ALLOYS; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REFRACTORY ALLOYS; SILICATES; STRATIGRAPHY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

MINERALS;

GOLD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAURITE; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METASOMATIC ROCK; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RHENIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; TEXTURE; THOLEIITE; UPPER MANTLE;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

EID: 72949110939     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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