In situ Re-Os isotopic analysis of platinum-group minerals from the Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif (Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt, eastern Cuba): Implications for the origin of Os-isotope heterogeneities in podiform chromitites

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 977-990

  Marchesi, Claudio ^a,b   González Jiménez, José María ^b   Gervilla, Fernando ^c,d   Garrido, Carlos J ^d   Griffin, William L ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Proenza, Joaquín A ^e   Pearson, Norman J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Mantle heterogeneity; Ophiolite; PGM; Podiform chromitite; Re Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DUNITE; HETEROGENEITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; OPHIOLITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM; THOLEIITIC BASALT; UPPER MANTLE;

CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 79955824247     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0575-2     Document Type: Article

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