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'Venus trapped, Mars transits': Cu and Fe redox chemistry, cellular topography and in situ ligand binding in terrestrial isopod hepatopancreas

scientific article published on March 2016

40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the fossil LL6-chondrite from the Morokweng crater, South Africa

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A Review of the Behaviour of Platinum Group Elements within Natural Magmatic Sulfide Ore Systems

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A baseline survey of the distribution and origin of platinum group elements in contemporary fluvial sediments of the Kentish Stour, England

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A geological investigation of the Waterberg hydrothermal platinum deposit, Mookgophong, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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A large impact crater beneath Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

A metasomatized lithospheric mantle control on the metallogenic signature of post-subduction magmatism

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

A record of assimilation preserved by exotic minerals in the lowermost platinum-group element deposit of the Bushveld Complex: The Volspruit Sulphide Zone

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Abstracts from the 2017–2018 Mineral Deposits Studies Group meeting

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Advances in the understanding of chromitite deposits

Alteration of platinum-group minerals and dispersion of platinum-group elements during progressive weathering of the Aguablanca Ni–Cu deposit, SW Spain

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An evaluation of element mobility in the Modderfontein ultramafic complex, Johannesburg: Origin as an Archaean ophiolite fragment or greenstone belt remnant?

scientific article published in May 2019

An introduction to mineralisation in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex

Application of laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry for 2-dimensional mapping of element distributions in a Late Archean impact spherule layer

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Assessing the Validity of Negative High Field Strength-Element Anomalies as a Proxy for Archaean Subduction: Evidence from the Ben Strome Complex, NW Scotland

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Assessing the potential involvement of an early magma staging chamber in the generation of the Platreef Ni–Cu–PGE deposit in the northern limb of the Bushveld Complex: a pilot study of the Lower Zone Complex at Zwartfontein

COPPER MINERALIZATION PREVENTED BY ARC-ROOT DELAMINATION DURING ALPINE-HIMALAYAN COLLISION IN CENTRAL IRAN

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Cobalt and precious metals in sulphides of peridotite xenoliths and inferences concerning their distribution according to geodynamic environment: A case study from the Scottish lithospheric mantle

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Comments and corrections to the Letter to the Editor,Meteoritics & Planetary Science, May 2014: “Impact controversies: Impact recognition criteria and related issues,” and discussion of shock mineral melting at Maniitsoq and Vredefort

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Contrasting mechanisms for crustal sulphur contamination of mafic magma: evidence from dyke and sill complexes from the British Palaeogene Igneous Province

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Critical Controls on the Formation of Contact-Style PGE-Ni-Cu Mineralization: Evidence from the Paleoproterozoic Monchegorsk Complex, Kola Region, Russia

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Cu-Ni-PGE mineralisation at the Aurora Project and potential for a new PGE province in the Northern Bushveld Main Zone

Determination of noble metals in sulphide inclusions from diamonds using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

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Determination of the platinum-group elements in South African kimberlites by nickel sulphide fire-assay and neutron activation analysis

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Did lower zone magma conduits store PGE-rich sulphides that were later supplied to the Platreef?

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Discovery of a 25-cm asteroid clast in the giant Morokweng impact crater, South Africa

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Distinct sulfur saturation histories within the Palaeogene Magilligan Sill, Northern Ireland: implications for Ni – Cu – platinum group element mineralisation in the North Atlantic Igneous Province

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Distribution of platinum-group elements in magmatic and altered ores in the Jinchuan intrusion, China: an example of selenium remobilization by postmagmatic fluids

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Distribution of platinum-group elements in the Platreef at Overysel, northern Bushveld Complex: a combined PGM and LA-ICP-MS study

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Do Cenozoic analogues support a plate tectonic origin for Earth's earliest continental crust?

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Editorial

Effects of magmatic volatile influx in mafic VMS hydrothermal systems: Evidence from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

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Enriched lithospheric mantle keel below the Scottish margin of the North Atlantic Craton: Evidence from the Palaeoproterozoic Scourie Dyke Swarm and mantle xenoliths

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Eruption of basaltic magma at Tor Zawar, Balochistan, Pakistan on 27 January 2010: geochemical and petrological constraints on petrogenesis

scholarly article by A. C. Kerr et al published December 2010 in Mineralogical Magazine

Extreme enrichment of Se, Te, PGE and Au in Cu sulfide microdroplets: evidence from LA-ICP-MS analysis of sulfides in the Skaergaard Intrusion, east Greenland

scholarly article by David A. Holwell et al published 25 November 2015 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Extreme enrichment of selenium in the Apliki Cyprus-type VMS deposit, Troodos, Cyprus

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FACIES VARIATION IN PGE MINERALIZATION IN THE CENTRAL PLATREEF OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA

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Generation, mobilization and crystallization of impact-induced alkali-rich melts in granitic target rocks: Evidence from the Araguainha impact structure, central Brazil

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Geochemical Variations Within Podiform Chromitite Deposits in the Shetland Ophiolite: Implications for Petrogenesis and PGE Concentration

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Geochemical and mineralogical investigation of the Permian–Triassic boundary in the continental realm of the southern Karoo Basin, South Africa

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Geochemical evidence for an impact origin for a Late Archean spherule layer, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

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Geochemical studies of impact breccias and country rocks from the El'gygytgyn impact structure, Russia

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Geochemical studies of the SUBO 18 (Enkingen) drill core and other impact breccias from the Ries crater, Germany

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Geochemistry and PGE of the lower mineralized Zone of the Waterberg Project, South Africa

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Geochemistry and mineralogy of the Platreef and “Critical Zone” of the northern lobe of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: implications for Bushveld stratigraphy and the development of PGE mineralisation

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Geochemistry and petrology of Witwatersrand and Dwyka diamictites from South Africa: search for an extraterrestrial component

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Geochemistry of 2.63–2.49Ga impact spherule layers and implications for stratigraphic correlations and impact processes

scholarly article by Bruce M. Simonson et al published December 2009 in Precambrian Research

Geochemistry of Impactites

scholarly article by Christian Koeberl et al published 1 February 2012 in Elements

Geochemistry of a confirmed Precambrian impact ejecta deposit: The Grænsesø spherule layer, South Greenland

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Geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of rhyodacite lavas in eastern Jamaica: A new adakite subgroup analogous to early Archaean continental crust?

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Geology of uranium deposits

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Giant mineral deposits and underlying Earth processes

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Hidden treasure: magmatic and geodynamic factors that influenced the development of Ni–Cu–PGE deposits in the northern bushveld complex

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High magmatic flux during Alpine-Himalayan collision: Constraints from the Kal-e-Kafi complex, central Iran

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Highly refractory Archaean peridotite cumulates: Petrology and geochemistry of the Seqi Ultramafic Complex, SW Greenland

scholarly article by Kristoffer Szilas et al published May 2018 in Geoscience Frontiers GSF / China University of Geosciences

Homogenisation of sulphide inclusions within diamonds: A new approach to diamond inclusion geochemistry

scholarly article by Iain McDonald et al published November 2017 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Impact spherules from Karelia, Russia: Possible ejecta from the 2.02 Ga Vredefort impact event

scholarly article by Matthew S. Huber et al published May 2014 in Geology

Interaction between felsic and mafic magmas in the Salmas intrusive complex, Northwestern Iran: Constraints from petrography and geochemistry

scholarly article by Mitra Ghaffari et al published November 2015 in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Introduction to the Special Issue dedicated to the work and memory of Professor Hazel Margaret Prichard (1954–2017)

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Lamprophyric dykes in the Bushveld Complex: the lithospheric mantle and its metallogenic bearing on the Bushveld large igneous province

Laser ablation ICP-MS study of platinum-group elements in sulphides from the Platreef at Turfspruit, northern limb of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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Low temperature alteration of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfides as a source for hydrothermal Ni and PGE ores: A quantitative approach using automated mineralogy

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Magmatic Cu-Ni-PGE-Au sulfide mineralisation in alkaline igneous systems: An example from the Sron Garbh intrusion, Tyndrum, Scotland

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Maximal extent of translocation of single-walled carbon nanotubes from lung airways of the rat.

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Mineral exploration through cover

Mineralogical and fluid characteristics of the fluorite-rich Monakoff and E1 Cu–Au deposits, Cloncurry region, Queensland, Australia: Implications for regional F–Ba-rich IOCG mineralisation

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Ni-rich spinels and platinum group element nuggets condensed from a Late Archaean impact vapour cloud

scholarly article by Steven Goderis et al published August 2013 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

North Atlantic Craton Conference: Preface to the thematic issue of Mineralogical Magazine

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Observations on the relationship between the Platreef and its hangingwall

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Ore deposits in an evolving Earth: an introduction

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Origin of Reef-Style PGE Mineralization in the Paleoproterozoic Monchegorsk Complex, Kola Region, Russia

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Paradoxical co-existing base metal sulphides in the mantle: The multi-event record preserved in Loch Roag peridotite xenoliths, North Atlantic Craton

article published in 2017

Petrogenesis and geodynamic evolution of the Kajan Neogene subvolcanic rocks, Nain, Central Iran

scholarly article by Shirin Golkaram et al published December 2016 in Geochemistry

Petrogenesis of the Lower Zone Olivine-Rich Cumulates Beneath the Platreef and Their Correlation with Recognized Occurrences in the Bushveld Complex

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Petrography and geochemistry of ejecta from the Sudbury impact event

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Petrology, geochemistry and the mechanisms determining the distribution of platinum-group element and base metal sulphide mineralisation in the Platreef at Overysel, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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Platinum-group element and sulphide mineralogy in ultramafic complexes at western Andriamena, Madagascar

scholarly article by Iain McDonald published March 2008 in Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Applied Earth Science

Platinum-group element geochemistry of mantle eclogites: a reconnaissance study of xenoliths from the Orapa kimberlite, Botswana

scholarly article by Iain McDonald & K. S. Viljoen published September 2006 in Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Section B-Applied Earth Science

Platinum-group element signatures in the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Implications for mantle controls on metal budgets during continental breakup

Platinum-group elements in the Morokweng impact structure, South Africa: Evidence for the impact of a large ordinary chondrite projectile at the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary

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Platinum-group elements link the end-Triassic mass extinction and the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Platinum-group mineral assemblages in the Platreef at the Sandsloot Mine, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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Platinum-group mineralization at the margin of the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland

scholarly article by Jens C. Ø. Andersen et al published 10 January 2017 in Mineralium Deposita

Platinum-group mineralogy of the Fazenda Mirabela intrusion, Brazil: the role of high temperature liquids and sulphur loss

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Platinum-group minerals in the Limoeiro Ni–Cu–(PGE) sulfide deposit, Brazil: the effect of magmatic and upper amphibolite to granulite metamorphic processes on PGM formation

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Platinum-group minerals in the Skouries Cu-Au (Pd, Pt, Te) porphyry deposit

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Post-impact event bed (tsunamite) at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary deposited on a distal carbonate platform interior

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Potential Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary tsunami deposit in the intra-Tethyan Adriatic carbonate platform section of Hvar (Croatia)

scholarly article by Tvrtko Korbar et al published 7 May 2015 in Geological Society of America Bulletin

Precious and base metal geochemistry and mineralogy of the Grasvally Norite–Pyroxenite–Anorthosite (GNPA) member, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa: implications for a multistage emplacement

scholarly article by J. W. Smith et al published 30 March 2014 in Mineralium Deposita

Precious metal enrichment in the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: evidence from homogenized magmatic sulfide melt inclusions

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Preferential Fractionation of Trace Metals–Metalloids into PM10 Resuspended from Contaminated Gold Mine Tailings at Rodalquilar, Spain

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REE patterns of microbial carbonate and cements from Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) siliceous sponge mounds (Djebel Bou Dahar, High Atlas, Morocco)

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RETRACTED: Origin and transformation of organic carbon from the Hiawatha meteorite crater, North-West Greenland: a preliminary study

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Re-evaluating ambiguous age relationships in Archean cratons: Implications for the origin of ultramafic-mafic complexes in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex

article published in 2018

Reply on “Searching for giant, ancient impact structures on Earth: The Mesoarchaean Maniitsoq structure, West Greenland” by Garde et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 337–338 (2012) 197–210]

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Reply to Comment on “Post-impact event bed (tsunamite) at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary deposited on a distal carbonate platform interior”

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Rhenium Enrichment in the Muratdere Cu-Mo (Au-Re) Porphyry Deposit, Turkey: Evidence from Stable Isotope Analyses (δ34S, δ18O, δD) and Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Sulfides

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Search for a meteoritic component in impact breccia from the Eyreville core, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Considerations from platinum group element contents

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Searching for giant, ancient impact structures on Earth: The Mesoarchaean Maniitsoq structure, West Greenland

scholarly article by Adam A. Garde et al published July 2012 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Sedimentary mechanisms of a modern banded iron formation on Milos Island, Greece

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Selected papers from the Iron Ore 2005 Conference

Siderophile-rich inclusions from the Morokweng impact melt sheet, South Africa: possible fragments of a chondritic meteorite

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Size fractionation in mercury-bearing airborne particles (HgPM10) at Almadén, Spain: Implications for inhalation hazards around old mines

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Sulfur Isotope Variations within the Platreef Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit: Genetic Implications for the Origin of Sulfide Mineralization

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Sulphide Sinking in Magma Conduits: Evidence from Mafic–Ultramafic Plugs on Rum and the Wider North Atlantic Igneous Province

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Sulphide melt evolution in the Volspruit project: the most primitive, yet most contaminated platinum-group element (PGE) deposit in the bushveld complex?

Supra-subduction zone tectonic setting of the Muslim Bagh Ophiolite, northwestern Pakistan: Insights from geochemistry and petrology

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Technology, production and chronology of red window glass in the medieval period – rediscovery of a lost technology

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Tectonic discrimination of peridotites using fO2–Cr# and Ga–Ti–FeIII systematics in chrome–spinel

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Tellurium interference with ultratrace platinum analysis during nickel sulphide fire-assay and neutron activation

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The Distribution of PGE and the Role of Arsenic as a Collector of PGE in the Spotted Quoll Nickel Ore Deposit in the Forrestania Greenstone Belt, Western Australia

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The Early Proterozoic Matachewan Large Igneous Province: Geochemistry, Petrogenesis, and Implications for Earth Evolution

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The Importance of Assessing Variability in the Distribution of Anthropogenic Palladium, Platinum and Rhodium in Fluvial Sediments

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The Mg/Ca–temperature relationship in brachiopod shells: Calibrating a potential palaeoseasonality proxy

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The application of S isotopes and S/Se ratios in determining ore-forming processes of magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposits: A cautionary case study from the northern Bushveld Complex

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The composition of mantle plumes and the deep Earth

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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

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The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Blue Draw Metagabbro

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The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Paleoproterozoic du Chef dyke swarm, Québec, Canada

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The geochemistry of the platinum-group elements in Brazilian and southern African kimberlites

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The history of the Waterberg deposit: why South Africa's first platinum mine failed

The mineralogy and mineral associations of platinum-group elements and precious metals in the Aurora Cu-Ni-Au-PGE deposit, Northern Limb, Bushveld Complex

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The mineralogy and petrology of platinum-group element-bearing sulphide mineralisation within the Grasvally Norite–Pyroxenite–Anorthosite (GNPA) member, south of Mokopane, northern Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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Thioredoxin reductase-2 is essential for keeping low levels of H(2)O(2) emission from isolated heart mitochondria

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Trace element systematics and ore-forming processes in mafic VMS deposits: Evidence from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

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Trace-element abundances in the shallow lithospheric mantle of the North Atlantic Craton margin: Implications for melting and metasomatism beneath Northern Scotland

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Use of γ-γ Coincidence Spectrometry in the Geochemical Study of Diamictites from South Africa

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