Partitioning of Se, As, Sb, Te and Bi between monosulfide solid solution and sulfide melt - Application to magmatic sulfide deposits

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 6174-6179

  Helmy, Hassan M ^a,b   Ballhaus, Chris ^b   Wohlgemuth Ueberwasser, Cora ^b   Fonseca, Raúl O C ^b   Laurenz, Vera ^b  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUGACITY; MAGMATISM; MELT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SELENIUM; SOLID SOLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE GROUP; TELLURIUM;

EID: 77956873276     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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