Platinum-group element alloy inclusions in chromites from Archaean mafic-ultramafic units: Evidence from the Abitibi and the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belts

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 341-355

  Fiorentini, M L ^a   Stone, W E ^b   Beresford, Steve W ^c   Barley, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Geoinformatics Exploration Ltd   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ARCHEAN; CHROMITE; GREENSTONE BELT; INCLUSION; MAFIC ROCK; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ABITIBI BELT; AGNEW-WILUNA BELT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORSEMAN-WILUNA GREENSTONE BELT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 9444289228     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0044-6     Document Type: Review

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