Platinum-bearing chromite layers are caused by pressure reduction during magma ascent
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02773-w
Abstract: Platinum-bearing chromitites in mafic-ultramafic intrusions such as the Bushveld Complex are key repositories of strategically important metals for human society. Basaltic melts saturated in chromite alone are crucial to their generation, but the origin of… read more here.
Keywords: saturated chromite; chromite alone; basaltic melts; platinum bearing ... See more keywords