Platinum-group elements in the serpentinite lateritic mantles of the Kongo-Nkamouna ultramafic massif (Lomié region, South-East Cameroon)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-76

  Ndjigui, Paul Désiré ^a   Bilong, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Laterites; Mobilization; PGE; SE Cameroon; Serpentinites; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; LATERITES; MOBILIZATION; PGE; SERPENTINITES;

HARDENING; IRIDIUM; IRON OXIDES; LEACHING; PALLADIUM; RHODIUM; ROCKS; RUTHENIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

PLATINUM;

LATERITE; MOBILIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SAPROLITE; SERPENTINITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

CAMEROON;

EID: 77956184338     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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