The distribution of platinum group elements (PGE) and other chalcophile elements among sulfides from the Creighton Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of palladium in pentlandite

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 765-793

  Dare, Sarah A S ^a   Barnes, Sarah Jane ^a   Prichard, Hazel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Laser ablation ICP MS; Palladium enrichment in pentlandite; Platinum group elements; Sudbury; Sulfarsenides; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PALLADIUM; PENTLANDITE; PETROGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SELENIUM; SULFIDE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY;

EID: 78449307442     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0295-6     Document Type: Article

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