The concentration of platinum-group elements and gold in southern African and Karelian kimberlite-hosted mantle xenoliths: Implications for the noble metal content of the Earth's mantle

Chemical Geology

Volumn 302-303, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-135

  Maier, W D ^a   Peltonen, P ^b   McDonald, I ^c   Barnes, S J ^d,e   Hatton, C ^f   Viljoen, F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Northland Exploration Finland   (Finland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^f Westville Campus   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basalt; Komatiite; Mantle xenoliths; Platinum group elements; Primitive mantle; Sub continental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

KOMATIITE; MANTLE XENOLITHS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PRIMITIVE MANTLE; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES;

BASALT; GOLD; IRIDIUM; LITHOLOGY; RHODIUM;

PLATINUM;

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; KIMBERLITE; KOMATIITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

BALTIC SHIELD; KAAPVAAL CRATON; KARELIA [(RGG) EURASIA];

EID: 84858154625     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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