Petrogenesis of Archean PGM-bearing chromitites and associated ultramafic-mafic-anorthositic rocks from the Guelb el Azib layered complex (West African craton, Mauritania)
Berger, J.; Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, FRS-FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Diot, H.; UMR CNRS 6112, Laboratoire de Planétologie et de Géodynamique de Nantes, Université de Nantes, France
Lo, K.; Université de Nouakchott, Mauritania
Ohnenstetter, D.; Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, CNRS, F-54501 Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, France
Féménias, O.; IAMGOLD Corporation, West Africa, Mali
Pivin, M.; Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, FRS-FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Demaiffe, D.; Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, FRS-FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Bernard, A.; Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement, FRS-FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Charlier, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Pétrologie, géochimie endogènes et pétrophysique
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Petrogenesis of Archean PGM-bearing chromitites and associated ultramafic-mafic-anorthositic rocks from the Guelb el Azib layered complex (West African craton, Mauritania)
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