Highly Siderophile and Strongly Chalcophile Elements in High Temperature Geochemistry and
Cosmochemistry Volume 81 This RiMG (Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry) volume investigates
the application of highly siderophile (HSE) and strongly chalcophile elements. This volume has
its origin in a short course sponsored by the Mineralogical Society of America and the
Geochemical Society held in San Diego California on the 11th and 12th December 2015 ahead of
the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting which featured a session with the same title.
Topics in this volume include: analytical methods and data quality experimental constraints
applied to understanding HSE partitioning nucleosynthetic variations of siderophile and
chalcophile elements HSE in the Earth Moon Mars and asteroidal bodies HSE and chalcophile
elements in both cratonic and non-cratonic mantle encompassing both sub-continental and
sub-oceanic lithosphere the importance of the HSE for studying volcanic and magmatic processes
and an appraisal of the importance of magmatic HSE ore formation in Earth's crust. Highly
siderophile and strongly chalcophile elements comprise Re Os Ir Ru Pt Rh Pd Au Te Se
and S and are defined by their strong partitioning into the metallic phase but will also
strongly partition into sulfide phases in the absence of metal. The chemical properties of the
HSE mean that they are excellent tracers of key processes in high temperature geochemistry and
cosmochemistry having applications in virtually all areas of earth science. A key aspect of
the HSE is that three long-lived geologically useful decay systems exist with the HSE as
parent (107Pd-107Ag) or parent-daughter isotopes (187Re-187Os and 190Pt-186Os). The material
in this book is accessible for graduate students researchers and professionals with interests
in the geochemistry and cosmochemistry of these elements geochronology magmatic ore bodies
and the petrogenesis of platinum-group minerals.
