Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in …

MF Zhou, PT Robinson, BX Su, JF Gao, JW Li… - Gondwana …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites in the mantle sections of ophiolites belong to either high-Cr
(metallurgical) or high-Al (refractory) varieties. Their highly variable compositions are …

Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part II. The crystallization of chromitites

JM González-Jiménez, WL Griffin, JA Proenza… - Lithos, 2014‏ - Elsevier
A review of previous work relevant to the formation of concentrations of chromite in
peridotites from ophiolitic (sl) sequences highlights some of the key problems in …

Diamonds, native elements and metal alloys from chromitites of the Ray-Iz ophiolite of the Polar Urals

J Yang, F Meng, X Xu, PT Robinson, Y Dilek… - Gondwana …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Diamonds and a wide range of unusual minerals were originally discovered from the
chromitite and peridotite of the Luobusa ophiolite along the Yarlong–Zangbu suture zone in …

Mantle recycling: transition zone metamorphism of Tibetan ophiolitic peridotites and its tectonic implications

WL Griffin, JC Afonso, EA Belousova… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Large peridotite massifs are scattered along the 1500 km length of the Yarlung–Zangbo
Suture Zone (southern Tibet, China), the major suture between Asia and Greater India …

REE and PGE geochemical constraints on the formation of dunites in the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet

MF Zhou, PT Robinson, J Malpas… - Journal of …, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Luobusa ophiolite, Southern Tibet, lies in the Indus–Yarlung Zangbo suture
zone that separates Eurasia to the north from the Indian continent to the south. The ophiolite …

Formation and modification of chromitites in the mantle

S Arai, M Miura - Lithos, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites have long supplied us with unrivaled information on various mantle
processes, including the peridotite-magma reaction, deep-seated magmatic evolution, and …

Petrogenesis of the platinum-group minerals

B O'Driscoll… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2016‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the
platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the …

Using trace elements in chromites to constrain the origin of podiform chromitites in the Thetford Mines ophiolite, Québec, Canada

P Pagé, SJ Barnes - Economic Geology, 2009‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Thetford Mines Ophiolite is interpreted as a fragment of a fore-arc oceanic
lithosphere. This complete ophiolitic sequence consists of a thick mantle sequence, a …

Relationships between geochemistry and structure beneath a palaeo-spreading centre: a study of the mantle section in the Oman ophiolite

M Godard, D Jousselin, JL Bodinier - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2000‏ - Elsevier
The Oman ophiolite exposes a large and well-preserved mantle section beneath a palaeo-
spreading centre. The mantle section is mainly composed of extremely refractory …