Iodine in alluvial platinum-palladium nuggets: Evidence for biogenic precious-metal fixation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Cabral, Alexandre R ^a,b   Radtke, Martin ^c   Munnik, Frans ^d   Lehmann, Bernd ^b   Reinholz, Uwe ^c   Riesemeier, Heinrich ^c   Tupinambá, Miguel ^e   Kwitko Ribeiro, Rogerio ^f  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; C rrego Bom Sucesso; Iodine; Minas Gerais; Pt Pd nuggets

Indexed keywords

BIOREDUCTIONS; BRAZIL; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INORGANIC PROCESS; INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; IODINE CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MINAS GERAIS; MINAS GERAIS , BRAZIL; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; ORGANIC TEMPLATES; PEAT LAND; PT-PD NUGGETS; ROD-SHAPED; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INTERMETALLICS; IODINE; IODINE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); PLATINUM;

PALLADIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FIXATION; IODINE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PALLADIUM; PEATLAND; PLATINUM; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 78751580324     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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